Re: bootflash failed?

From: Katson PN Yeung (kyeung@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Jul 10 2002 - 07:07:25 GMT-3


   
I see, then it is easy to solve... Thanks for your info, kym.

At 05:42 PM 7/10/2002, kym blair wrote:
>Yeung,
>
>Bootflash for the 4500M is cheap. Bootflash uses the same stick as flash.
>Also, the 4500M uses the same Flash memory as in the 2500, so you can pick
>it up cheap on eBay. When you're looking at the 4500M from the rear
>(looking at the interface module side), you'll see three flash sticks in
>the rear right. The furthest right is the Bootflash; the two to the left
>are regular flash. Just use a regular 8MB flash stick and load it with
>the BOOT image.
>
>HTH, Kym
>
>
>>From: Katson Yeung <kyeung@hkcix.com>
>>Reply-To: Katson Yeung <kyeung@hkcix.com>
>>To: Phil <ciscostudent1@yahoo.com.br>
>>CC: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>>Subject: Re: bootflash failed?
>>Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 22:23:08 +0800 (HKT)
>>
>>Yep, I think so.... I may do it and rub the golden-finger with some fine
>>sand-eraser.... May do it later since I will be on business trip tomorrow.
>>
>>Will let all of you know the result. Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>>On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Phil wrote:
>>
>> > Katson,
>> > Did you try to reseat the flash card? Could be a image problem. Also,
>> try to boot from a tftp server to make sure everything else works on the
>> router.
>> >
>> > Katson PN Yeung <kyeung@hkcix.com> escreveu: Dear all,
>> >
>> > Below is how my bootflash look like in my 4500M. Do you think the
>> bootflash
>> > is dead?
>> >
>> > Any way to recover this baby?
>> >
>> >
>> > rommon 2 > dev
>> > Devices in device table:
>> > id name
>> > flash: flash
>> > bootflash: boot flash
>> > eprom: eprom
>> >
>> >
>> > rommon 3 > dir bootflash:
>> > bus error while trying to access flash - addr = 0xb8000000
>> > cannot read flash info
>> > getdevnum warning: device "boot flash" has size of zero
>> > bus error while trying to access flash - addr = 0xb8000000
>> > cannot read flash info
>> > getdevnum warning: device "boot flash" has size of zero
>> > bus error while trying to access flash - addr = 0xb8000000
>> > cannot read flash info
>> > getdevnum warning: device "boot flash" has size of zero
>> > bus error while trying to access flash - addr = 0xb8000000
>> > cannot read flash info
>> > getdevnum warning: device "boot flash" has size of zero
>> > open: read error...requested 0x4 bytes, got 0xffffffff
>> > trouble reading device magic number
>> > dir: cannot open device "bootflash:"
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > K a t s o n
>> > CCIE # 9620



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