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Flash problem

framedrelay
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Recently I bought a FLASH memory; I tied replacing it with the FLASH mem I had.

The problem is, its not working...

rommon 15 > tftpdnld -r

IP_ADDRESS: 192.168.2.111

IP_SUBNET_MASK: 255.255.255.0

DEFAULT_GATEWAY: 192.168.2.1

TFTP_SERVER: 192.168.2.222

TFTP_FILE: c2600-i-mz123-26.bin

Receiving c2600-i-mz123-26.bin from 192.168.2.222 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

File reception completed.

program load complete, entry point: 0x80008000, size: 0x765238

Self decompressing the image : ############################################################################################################################# [OK]

Smart Init is enabled

smart init is sizing iomem

ID MEMORY_REQ TYPE

0000A2 0X00103980 C2600 Dual Fast Ethernet

0000CC 0X00179614 High Density Voice Port Module

0X00098670 public buffer pools

0X00211000 public particle pools

TOTAL: 0X00526604

If any of the above Memory Requirements are

"UNKNOWN", you may be using an unsupported

configuration or there is a software problem and

system operation may be compromised.

Rounded IOMEM up to: 6Mb.

Not enough memory in the system to run this image

Required pmem/iomem: 26934890/629145

*** System received a Software forced crash ***

signal= 0x17, code= 0x200, context= 0x80005f7c

PC = 0xffffffff, Vector = 0x200, SP = 0xffffffff

rommon 16 >

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If I dont use -r option, I get the result pretty fast,

rommon 8 > tftpdnld

IP_ADDRESS: 192.168.2.111

IP_SUBNET_MASK: 255.255.255.0

DEFAULT_GATEWAY: 192.168.2.1

TFTP_SERVER: 192.168.2.222

TFTP_FILE: c2600-i-mz123-26.bin

Invoke this command for disaster recovery only.

WARNING: all existing data in all partitions on flash will be lost!

Do you wish to continue? y/n: [n]: y

get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.

unknown flash device - mandev code = 0xffff

cannot read flash info

TFTP: Error, insufficient flash installed to load image.

TFTP: Operation terminated.

rommon 9 >

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rommon 16 > dir flash:

get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.

unknown flash device - mandev code = 0xffff

cannot read flash info

getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero

get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.

unknown flash device - mandev code = 0xffff

cannot read flash info

getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero

get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.

unknown flash device - mandev code = 0xffff

cannot read flash info

getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero

get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.

unknown flash device - mandev code = 0xffff

cannot read flash info

getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero

open: read error...requested 0x4 bytes, got 0x0

trouble reading device magic number

dir: cannot open device "flash:"

rommon 17 >

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rommon 17 > meminfo

Main memory size: 24 MB.

Available main memory starts at 0x10000, size 24512KB

IO (packet) memory size: 25 percent of main memory.

NVRAM size: 32KB

rommon 18 >

Please try helpin me..!

Thanks,

Sylvester.

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framedrelay
Level 1
Level 1

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-BOOTROM-CISCO-2620-2621-MEM2620-32FSBOOT-BOOT-2600_W0QQitemZ380052757417QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCOMP_EN_Networking_Components?hash=item587ce8dba9&_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116

I think i will need to buy bootrom, else it doesnt recognise 32MB flash? Sounds rubblish,

Cisco 2600 Series Boot Rom MEM2620-32FSBOOT

Enable your Cisco 2620 and 2621 to recongize 32MB of Flash memory capacity

Part Number: MEM2620-32FSBOOT

Bootrom version 12.1(3r)T2

Currently im running -

System Bootstrap, Version 11.3(2)XA4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

Copyright (c) 1999 by cisco Systems, Inc.

TAC:Home:SW:IOS:Specials for info

C2600 platform with 24576 Kbytes of main memory

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/routers/access/2600/hardware/installation/notes/262xboot.html

Incase anyone face the same problem, i think this can help. not sure unless some one confirms it.

Sylvester

Leo Laohoo
Hall of Fame
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Hi Sylvester,

This is one of the biggest pain to a 2600 router. You can't upgrade the bootstrap easily and require additional purchase and downtime. This was identified and starting from the 2691 onwards (3725/3745) you can now upgrade the bootstrap using software.

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