Re: AS2511-RJ stuck in rommon

  Google "recovering from rommon". Worst case you'll have to xmodem or
zmodem your old IOS to the device.

--Hammer--

On 9/9/2010 11:36 AM, Nathan Pease wrote:
> I was trying to do an ios upgrade on an older AS2511-RJ. Apparently the ios
> version that I loaded is to big for this router to boot, it sees the image
> and tries to load it, but then says insufficient memory and reboots. I need
> to put the old ios image back on it but can't figure out how to do this. If
> I send it a break during the reboot, I get the following menu and I am not
> sure what to do from there. Does anyone have any insight on how to do this?
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> SYSTEM INIT: INSUFFICIENT MEMORY TO BOOT THE IMAGE!
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> %Software-forced reload
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> Unexpected exception to CPU vector 34, PC = 31A9086
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> -Traceback= 31A9086 3190A3A 3192400 318CCEE 32983C4 3297BAA 31A54C8 31A5546
> 30EDA82 30EDC78
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> === Flushing messages (00:00:12 UTC Mon Mar 1 1993) ===
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> Buffered messages:
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> Queued messages:
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> 00:00:12: %SYS-3-LOGGER_FLUSHING: System pausing to ensure console debugging
> output.
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> 00:00:07: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Ethernet0, changed state to up
> 00:00:07: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Serial0, changed state to down
> 00:00:12: %SYS-2-MALLOCFAIL: Memory allocation of 10000 bytes failed from
> 0x318CCE6, alignment 0
> Pool: Processor Free: 0 Cause: Not enough free memory
> Alternate Pool: I/O Free: 1928 Cause: Not enough free memory
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> -Process= "Init", ipl= 4, pid= 3
> -Traceback= 31909C6 3192400 318CCEE 32983C4 3297BAA 31A54C8 31A5546 30EDA82
> 30EDC78
> System Bootstrap, Version 11.0(10c)XB1, PLATFORM SPECIFIC RELEASE SOFTWARE
> (fc1)
> Copyright (c) 1986-1997 by cisco Systems
> 2500 processor with 2048 Kbytes of main memory
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> %SYS-4-CONFIG_NEWER: Configurations from version 12.0 may not be correctly
> understood.
> Loading flash:/c2500-c-l.122-29b.bin .
> Abort at 0x10E983C (PC)
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>> help
> $ Toggle cache state
> B [filename] [TFTP Server IP address | TFTP Server Name]
> Load and execute system image from ROM or from TFTP server
> C [address] Continue execution [optional address]
> D /S M L V Deposit value V of size S into location L with modifier M
> E /S M L Examine location L with size S with modifier M
> G [address] Begin execution
> H Help for commands
> I Initialize
> K Stack trace
> L [filename] [TFTP Server IP address | TFTP Server Name]
> Load system image from ROM or from TFTP server, but do not
> begin execution
> O Show configuration register option settings
> P Set the break point
> S Single step next instruction
> T function Test device (? for help)
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Received on Thu Sep 09 2010 - 12:09:55 ART