From: Steven Weber (itweber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Tue Feb 19 2002 - 13:33:38 GMT-3
looks like corrupted flash to me
----- Original Message -----
From: "ccie candidate" <ccie1@lycos.com>
To: "ccie candidate" <ccie1@lycos.com>; <ccielab@groupstudy.com>; "Ahmed
Mamoor Amimi" <mamoor@ieee.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: 2500 flash problem
> guys ;
> here are my router output ,someone tells me if i still need to update my
bootrom or not .
> is the bootRom is a kind of software or hardware upgrade .
> also i have another problem which is i have some modules makes my router
competely without response ie the console doesnt send anything once i
install this module .
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> your answer is highly appreciated .
> thx
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> System Bootstrap, Version 11.0(10c)XB2, PLATFORM SPECIFIC RELEASE SOFTWARE
(fc1)
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> Copyright (c) 1986-1998 by cisco Systems
> 2500 processor with 16384 Kbytes of main memory
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> %Error: System flash bank 0 chip 1 unknown, chip id 0xFFEF (reversed =
0xFFF7)
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> %Error: System flash initialization failed
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> # show version
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> cisco 2500 (68030) processor (revision A) with 16384K/2048K bytes of
memory.
> Processor board ID 01063798, with hardware revision 00000000
> X.25 software, Version 2.0, NET2, BFE and GOSIP compliant.
> Cisco-ET Extended Temperature platform.
> 1 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface.
> 2 Serial network interfaces.
> 32K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
> 8192K bytes of System flash (Device not programmable)
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> //note that the device not programmable
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> #show flash chips
> 8192K bytes of System flash (Device not programmable)
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> Chip Bank Code Size Name
> 1 1 01AD 2048KB AMD 29F016
> 2 1 0000 2048KB Unknown Chip
> 3 1 01AD 2048KB AMD 29F016
> 4 1 01AD 2048KB AMD 29F016
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> //note the unknown chip
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> On Tue, 19 Feb 2002 22:02:40
> Ahmed Mamoor Amimi wrote:
> >Ur ROM - IOS is old..... ugrade ur ROM and this message will vanish if ur
> >both flash sticks are in working
> >condition.
> >
> >-Mamoor
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: ccie candidate <ccie1@lycos.com>
> >To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> >Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 2:50 PM
> >Subject: 2500 flash problem
> >
> >
> >> hi guys ;
> >> i have a bad problem with upgading my flash memory on some of the 2500
> >series routers
> >> i have searched the archive however no clear answer is there .
> >>
> >>
> >> the problem is that when i insert 2x8MB flash to my routers , first the
> >router give a message that
> >> " it cannot intialize the flash " bank 1 is unknown or something like
that
> >>
> >> some of the flash i insert make the router completely without respose
> > nothing comes out of the console )
> >>
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> >> some of them after rebooting to bootrom they appear as (device not
> >programmable)
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> >> does anyone had this problem before .
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> >> may be the module are faulty ???
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> >> when i make show flash chips some of the chips appear as unknown !!
> >>
> >> any help will be appreciated .
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> >> ccie candidate
> >>
> >>
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> >>
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