Re: AS2511-RJ stuck in rommon

rommon.

On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 5:11 PM, David Prall <dcp_at_dcptech.com> wrote:

> Definitely not xmodem. The 2500's know they have Ethernet ports, they are
> run from flash routers, so you can't overwrite the image when it is
> running,
> so they reboot and under rommon load the requested image, then boot it.
> From
> rommon you can load the image without issues. Brad Ellis gave instructions
> on how to do this via rommon.
>
> David
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> > Aundra (Andre) Browning
> > Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 7:16 PM
> > To: Nathan Pease
> > Cc: Cisco certification
> > Subject: Re: AS2511-RJ stuck in rommon
> >
> > Not sure which version of code you are running on the 2511 as far as
> > rommon, etc but you should be able to xmodem the old image via the
> > console port.
> >
> > HTH.......
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Sep 9, 2010, at 12:36 PM, Nathan Pease <pease.nathan_at_gmail.com>
> > 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?
> > >
> > >
> > > SYSTEM INIT: INSUFFICIENT MEMORY TO BOOT THE IMAGE!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > %Software-forced reload
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Unexpected exception to CPU vector 34, PC = 31A9086
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -Traceback= 31A9086 3190A3A 3192400 318CCEE 32983C4 3297BAA 31A54C8
> > 31A5546
> > > 30EDA82 30EDC78
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > === Flushing messages (00:00:12 UTC Mon Mar 1 1993) ===
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Buffered messages:
> > >
> > > Queued messages:
> > >
> > > 00:00:12: %SYS-3-LOGGER_FLUSHING: System pausing to ensure console
> > debugging
> > > output.
> > >
> > > 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
> > >
> > > -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
> > >
> > > %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)
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> 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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