From: David Anderson (dma@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri Apr 06 2001 - 01:06:21 GMT-3
o/r 0x2142
from rom monitor mode
At 11:46 PM 4/5/2001 -0400, taliv wrote:
>I would very much appreciate any suggestions on how I might be able to
>recover a 2502. I didnt' realize it was a cpa until after I had loaded a
>normal image onto the flash and configured it to use the new image. (the
>case looks new and is not white, and when I bought it, I wasn't told it was
>a pro)
>
>As a safety precaution, I didn't delete the old image (but I can't figure
>out the name of it) and I have
>
>boot system flash newimage
>boot system flash oldimage
>
>in the config.
>
>Now, my problem is that the new image actually boots and then hits the
>stupid cookie/license issue and then reboots, so it never attempts the
>oldimage. I'm in an endless booting cycle.
>
>I can break out to rommon mode, but the code there is old, and for some
>reason, I can't figure out how to reset the config register. (it has a much
>smaller menu than my other 2500s) I can show it, using an O command, but
>cannot seem to change it. I also don't have any of the copy commands in
>rommon.
>
>As far as tftp, I do not have any other token ring devices, so I can't
>access it via the lan and use the RSL or whatever software (the interface is
>admin down anyways), but I do have another router configured as a tftp
>server connected to s1. If I break at just the right time to rommon mode, I
>can catch the s1 int in an up down state, but never up up. So I can't get
>tftp to work, even when I set the addr to 255.255.255.255. (and I do have
>the cpa25-upgrade file on the tftp server in case it ever does work)
>
>Anybody have any ideas?
>
>Obviously, figuring out how to change my config register would solve
>everything, as would being able to bring that serial line up up, or even
>booting from a rom image or being able to specify the other image from
>flash. (I looked up the names on cco already and tried every cpa25xxxxx
>image I could find. none of them worked.)
>
>thanks,
>-tom
David Anderson
Network Design Engineer
Enterprise Solutions Architecture & Design
(408) 853-5515
dma@cisco.com
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