From: Tao Yang (tyang@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Thu Nov 01 2001 - 15:31:35 GMT-3
Did you say hitting the space bar to get into ROMMON?
Depends on the keyboard you are using, try BREAK key or sometimes Ctl +
BREAK key while booting. w/o flash card, you can still get in ROMMON, then
you can downld an IOS image. This is my two cents.
T. Yang
AT&T Canada
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Kesemeyer" <jkesemey@bellsouth.net>
To: "Ahmed Mamoor Amimi" <mamoor@ieee.org>; "Ccielab"
<ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 9:58 AM
Subject: RE: 3 router same problem and not yet solved.
> Sounds like the IOS is missing on the flash card and your running and old
> bootstrap.
> If you have a working 4500 take the flash out and put it into one of these
> to test this theory.
> I just ran into to this last week while configuring a 2500.
>
> The console port works only if there is a working IOS loaded. The old
> bootstrap program has break disabled and if you don't have an IOS in flash
> you can't change the config-register to enable break or boot to rommon.
>
>
> Jeff Kesemeyer
> CCNP, CCDP, MCSE, CNE
> www.bradshawlabs.com
> "Your CCIE Rack Rental Source"
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
> Ahmed Mamoor Amimi
> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 11:24 AM
> To: Ccielab
> Subject: 3 router same problem and not yet solved.
>
>
> Hi,
> Lets see who can crack this !!
> This topic is discussed many time but i didn't get any answer then solved
my
> problem,anyhow I have 3 routers , two 4500 and one 4700 . non of the
console
> works. When i power-on the routers they give me the booting on the console
> but at the end where i have to start it dont accept anything. All of my
> routers gets this problem with in a week. I have applied the following
> solution.
>
> 1- ram change
> 2- flash change
> 3- baudrate change
> 4- flow control none
> 5- scrollock toggle
> 6- hitting space bar at booting to get in to ROMMON
> 7- nothing on AUX port, dont see anything there too. (This is just because
> router didnt finshed booting as the router is on
> asking for the initial config.)
> 8- plugging in and out rapidily when booting.
> 9- tried hyperterminal, secureCRT, tera term
> 10- changed the console cable and converters at the ends.
>
>
> Any more solution from the group... lets see...
>
> -Mamoor
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