From: Justin M. Ramsey (jramsey@mfaoil.com)
Date: Fri Mar 14 2003 - 15:41:49 GMT-3
In my opinion replacing the boot ROM is definitely NOT a waste of time.
Yesterday I was having the exact same problem with my 2511. It
continually rebooted after listing the amount of memory. I tried
different flash sticks to no avail, and I finally flipped out my boot
ROMs and it solved my problem just like that. I guess there are many
answers to this specific question, but I can tell you for sure that for
me, the boot ROM was the issue and putting new ones in solved my
problem.
Justin Ramsey
-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan V Hays [mailto:jhays@jtan.com]
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 8:22 AM
To: 'Ccielab'
Subject: RE: 2500 problem: Local Timeout (control reg=0x118)
> Local Timeout (control reg=0x118) Error, address: 0x2101884
> at 0x1076504
> PC)
>
> and it constantly reboots. I've tried using o/r 0x41 and o/r
> 0x42 to no avail. I did a search on groupstudy and the best
> I could find was somebody recommending re-seating the
> memory/flash. I've done that. I've also swapped out both
> memory and flash with known good ones and it still does
> that. Am I screwed?
>
> Would ordering the latest bootroms help? Actually i
> think the ones that are in there are 11.0 c or something like
> that. I would swap bootroms out but don't have the special
> bootrom removal tool and I already tried some prying with a
> mini-screwdriver and that wasn't working. It's a 2520 that i
> was using as my Frame Switch....(why couldn't it have been
> one of the 2501s
> instead?)
11.0c is the latest for the 2500s but replacing the boot ROM would be a
waste of time. The boot ROM is READ ONLY and will not be overwritten by
any action you can take from the router command line.
Your best bet is to erase the config and then erase flash from the
bootrom prompt and load another more stable IOS.
With a simple search on CCO using the string "Local Timeout" I found
this (watch the wrap):
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/iosswrel/ps1828/products_system_m
essage_guide_chapter09186a0080080f45.html
Here are a couple of pertinent excerpts:
Error Message
Local Timeout (control reg=[hex]) Error, address: [hex] at [hex] (PC)
Explanation An invalid memory address is accessed, either because of a
software bug or because a boot of an incompatible software image was
attempted.
Recommended Action Refer to the Recommended Action for the first "Bus
Error control register" message in this section.
Error Message
Bus Error control register: [hex]
non-local memory transaction timeout
Bus Error, address: [hex] at [hex] (PC)
Explanation An invalid memory address is accessed, either because of a
software bug or because a boot of an incompatible software image was
attempted.
etc.
etc.
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