From: Joseph Chen (Joseph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri Mar 08 2002 - 04:49:43 GMT-3
Do "show flash chip" to verify the chip brand, if it is AMD, then maybe
your bootstrap version is too old, need to replace the EEPROM chip. The
old bootstrap can only recognize Intel chip not AMD chip.
Joseph Chen
Cisco: CCNP/CCDP, CCIE-candidate
Intel: ICSC/ICIS-Networking/Platform
Microsoft: MCSE/MCT 3.51/4.0/2000 Charter Member
Citrix: WinFrame/MetaFrame CCA
CompTIA: Server+, Network+
CIW: Associate, Professional
HP: STAR
Permanent email: Joseph@josephchen.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Ahmed Mamoor Amimi [mailto:mamoor@ieee.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 9:31 PM
To: Keith Steller; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: Another Flash issue...
change the config-register to Rom mode . then try.
-Mamoor
----- Original Message -----
From: Keith Steller <ksteller@mediaone.net>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 10:14 AM
Subject: Another Flash issue...
> Hello all-
>
> I am also swapping flash around in a couple 2514's, and have a set of
Intel
> and Cisco flash sticks. I managed to get the Intel flash working and
the
> code loaded. I am still unable to get the Cisco flash working. I get
the
> following error... Any ideas?? These flash sticks are supposed to be
brand
> new. TIA!
>
> Source file name? c2500-is-l.112-21.bin
> Destination file name [c2500-is-l.112-21.bin]?
> Accessing file 'c2500-is-l.112-21.bin' on 192.168.1.100...
> Loading c2500-is-l.112-21.bin from 192.168.1.100 (via Ethernet0): !
[OK]
>
> Device needs erasure before copying new file
> Erase flash device before writing? [confirm]
>
> Copy 'c2500-is-l.112-21.bin' from server
> as 'c2500-is-l.112-21.bin' into Flash WITH erase? [yes/no]y
> Erasing device... eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ...erased
> Loading c2500-is-l.112-21.bin from 192.168.1.100 (via Ethernet0): !
> %Error: System flash write protected
>
> %Error: System flash location 0x3000240 - wrote 0x48E7FFFC, read
0xFFFFFFFF
>
> COPY: Image checksum verification failure
>
> %Error: System flash write protected
>
> %Error: System flash location 0x3000040 - wrote 0xE7FFFC , read
0xFFFFFFFF
>
> TFTP from 192.168.1.100 failed/aborted
>
> Verifying checksum... invalid (expected 0xABC5, computed 0x0)
> %Error: System flash write protected
>
> %Error: System flash location 0x3000000 - wrote 0xBAD00B1E, read
0xFFFFFFFF
>
> Flash copy took 0:00:00 [hh:mm:ss]
> r2(boot)#
> r2(boot)#sh flash
>
> System flash directory:
> File Length Name/status
> 1 512 c2500-is-l.112-21.bin [invalid checksum]
> [576 bytes used, 8388032 available, 8388608 total]
> 8192K bytes of processor board System flash (Read/Write)
>
> r2(boot)#
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