I've never had to format my flash for 2600s when I upgrade. I put it in,
the router boots to rommon> mode and I either tftp it up, or like yesterday
when my wireless link wasn't doing so hot (base was in someone's cubicle, I
was out in the warehouse in the network closet), so I had to bump the
console port to 115K and xmodem it up (10mbit file, bleh).
Once the router has the image in memory (which tells you your DRAM must be
larger than your image in order to upload it), it will erase the flash
("format" I guess), and then write it.
I'm guessing you've got the wrong part.
Hmm, I've got a ton of 8mb flash and a even some DRAM from all these 2600
upgrades I've been doing lately... I should ebay 'em. Gotta wait until
tomorrow so I can hook up the scanner (Mother's Day gift). It's great when
your Wife likes techno-stuff so you get combo gifts that benefit you as well
(goes over better than getting her a vacuum or ironing board, hehee!). Of
course, this is in addition to a Mother's ring she deserves ;-)
Here's a template I did for a customer that had 50 2621's to roll out:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!! xmodem upload (slow):
confreg
! set modem to 7 = 115200
reset
! change terminal software to 115200 baud
xmodem -c c2600-d-mz.120-7.XK2.bin
! transmit file via xmodem with CRC
! when done, be sure to set speed back with:
enable
conf t
line con 0
speed 9600
! change terminal software to 9600 baud
end
wr m
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!! TFTP upload (fast):
IP_ADDRESS=192.0.0.254
IP_SUBNET_MASK=255.255.255.0
DEFAULT_GATEWAY=192.0.0.1
TFTP_SERVER=192.0.0.253
TFTP_FILE=c2600-d-mz.120-7.XK2.bin
TFTP_VERBOSE=2
tftpdnld
y
! wait 3-4 minutes to return to rommon prompt
reset
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Jason Roysdon, CCNP+Security/CCDP, MCSE, CNA, Network+, A+
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> Hey all:
>
> Wonder if anybody can help me with this problem:
>
> I got a 2610 with, apparently, an unformatted flash.
>
> For example, when I boot it, I get this:
> System Bootstrap, Version 11.3(2)XA4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
> Copyright (c) 1999 by cisco Systems, Inc.
> TAC:Home:SW:IOS:Specials for info
> C2600 platform with 8192 Kbytes of main memory
>
> get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.
> unknown flash device - mandev code = 0xffff
> cannot read flash info
> getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero
> get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.
> unknown flash device - mandev code = 0xffff
> cannot read flash info
> getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero
> open: read error...requested 0x4 bytes, got 0x0
> trouble reading device magic number
> boot: cannot open "flash:"
> boot: cannot determine first file name on device "flash:"
>
> System Bootstrap, Version 11.3(2)XA4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
> Copyright (c) 1999 by cisco Systems, Inc.
> TAC:Home:SW:IOS:Specials for info
> C2600 platform with 8192 Kbytes of main memory
>
> get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.
> unknown flash device - mandev code = 0xffff
> cannot read flash info
> getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero
> get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.
> unknown flash device - mandev code = 0xffff
> cannot read flash info
> getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero
> open: read error...requested 0x4 bytes, got 0x0
> trouble reading device magic number
> boot: cannot open "flash:"
> an alternate boot helper program is not specified
> (monitor variable "BOOTLDR" is not set)
> and unable to determine first file in bootflash
> boot: cannot open "rom:"
> boot: cannot determine first file name on device "rom:"
>
> System Bootstrap, Version 11.3(2)XA4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
> Copyright (c) 1999 by cisco Systems, Inc.
> TAC:Home:SW:IOS:Specials for info
> C2600 platform with 8192 Kbytes of main memory
>
> get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.
> unknown flash device - mandev code = 0xffff
> cannot read flash info
> getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero
> get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.
> unknown flash device - mandev code = 0xffff
> cannot read flash info
> getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero
> open: read error...requested 0x4 bytes, got 0x0
> trouble reading device magic number
> boot: cannot open "flash:"
> boot: cannot determine first file name on device "flash:"
>
> System Bootstrap, Version 11.3(2)XA4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
> Copyright (c) 1999 by cisco Systems, Inc.
> TAC:Home:SW:IOS:Specials for info
> C2600 platform with 8192 Kbytes of main memory
>
> get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.
> unknown flash device - mandev code = 0xffff
> cannot read flash info
> getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero
> get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.
> unknown flash device - mandev code = 0xffff
> cannot read flash info
> getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero
> open: read error...requested 0x4 bytes, got 0x0
> trouble reading device magic number
> boot: cannot open "flash:"
> boot: cannot determine first file name on device "flash:"
>
> System Bootstrap, Version 11.3(2)XA4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
> Copyright (c) 1999 by cisco Systems, Inc.
> TAC:Home:SW:IOS:Specials for info
> C2600 platform with 8192 Kbytes of main memory
>
> rommon 1 > ?
> alias set and display aliases command
> boot boot up an external process
> break set/show/clear the breakpoint
> confreg configuration register utility
> cont continue executing a downloaded image
> context display the context of a loaded image
> cookie display contents of cookie PROM in hex
> dev list the device table
> dir list files in file system
> dis display instruction stream
> dnld serial download a program module
> frame print out a selected stack frame
> help monitor builtin command help
> history monitor command history
> meminfo main memory information
> repeat repeat a monitor command
> reset system reset
> set display the monitor variables
> stack produce a stack trace
> sync write monitor environment to NVRAM
> sysret print out info from last system return
> tftpdnld tftp image download
> unalias unset an alias
> unset unset a monitor variable
> xmodem x/ymodem image download
> rommon 2 > dev
> Devices in device table:
> id name
> flash: flash
> rommon 3 > dir
> usage: dir
> rommon 4 > dir flash:
> get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.
> unknown flash device - mandev code = 0xffff
> cannot read flash info
> getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero
> get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.
> unknown flash device - mandev code = 0xffff
> cannot read flash info
> getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero
> get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.
> unknown flash device - mandev code = 0xffff
> cannot read flash info
> getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero
> get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.
> unknown flash device - mandev code = 0xffff
> cannot read flash info
> getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero
> open: read error...requested 0x4 bytes, got 0x0
> trouble reading device magic number
> dir: cannot open device "flash:"
> rommon 5 > dev
> Devices in device table:
> id name
> flash: flash
> rommon 6 > ?
> alias set and display aliases command
> boot boot up an external process
> break set/show/clear the breakpoint
> confreg configuration register utility
> cont continue executing a downloaded image
> context display the context of a loaded image
> cookie display contents of cookie PROM in hex
> dev list the device table
> dir list files in file system
> dis display instruction stream
> dnld serial download a program module
> frame print out a selected stack frame
> help monitor builtin command help
> history monitor command history
> meminfo main memory information
> repeat repeat a monitor command
> reset system reset
> set display the monitor variables
> stack produce a stack trace
> sync write monitor environment to NVRAM
> sysret print out info from last system return
> tftpdnld tftp image download
> unalias unset an alias
> unset unset a monitor variable
> xmodem x/ymodem image download
> rommon 7 > meminfo
>
> Main memory size: 8 MB.
> Available main memory starts at 0x10000, size 8128KB
> IO (packet) memory size: 10 percent of main memory.
> NVRAM size: 32KB
> rommon 8 > ?
> alias set and display aliases command
> boot boot up an external process
> break set/show/clear the breakpoint
> confreg configuration register utility
> cont continue executing a downloaded image
> context display the context of a loaded image
> cookie display contents of cookie PROM in hex
> dev list the device table
> dir list files in file system
> dis display instruction stream
> dnld serial download a program module
> frame print out a selected stack frame
> help monitor builtin command help
> history monitor command history
> meminfo main memory information
> repeat repeat a monitor command
> reset system reset
> set display the monitor variables
> stack produce a stack trace
> sync write monitor environment to NVRAM
> sysret print out info from last system return
> tftpdnld tftp image download
> unalias unset an alias
> unset unset a monitor variable
> xmodem x/ymodem image download
> rommon 9 > show ver
>
> monitor: command "show" not found
> rommon 10 > ?
> alias set and display aliases command
> boot boot up an external process
> break set/show/clear the breakpoint
> confreg configuration register utility
> cont continue executing a downloaded image
> context display the context of a loaded image
> cookie display contents of cookie PROM in hex
> dev list the device table
> dir list files in file system
> dis display instruction stream
> dnld serial download a program module
> frame print out a selected stack frame
> help monitor builtin command help
> history monitor command history
> meminfo main memory information
> repeat repeat a monitor command
> reset system reset
> set display the monitor variables
> stack produce a stack trace
> sync write monitor environment to NVRAM
> sysret print out info from last system return
> tftpdnld tftp image download
> unalias unset an alias
> unset unset a monitor variable
> xmodem x/ymodem image download
> rommon 11 > dir
> usage: dir
> rommon 12 > dir flash:
> get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.
> unknown flash device - mandev code = 0xffff
> cannot read flash info
> getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero
> get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.
> unknown flash device - mandev code = 0xffff
> cannot read flash info
> getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero
> get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.
> unknown flash device - mandev code = 0xffff
> cannot read flash info
> getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero
> get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.
> unknown flash device - mandev code = 0xffff
> cannot read flash info
> getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero
> open: read error...requested 0x4 bytes, got 0x0
> trouble reading device magic number
>
>
>
> So after a while, I get dumped into rommon mode. If I type dir flash: I
get
> something similar:
>
> rommon 12 > dir flash:
> get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.
> unknown flash device - mandev code = 0xffff
> cannot read flash info
> getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero
> get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.
> unknown flash device - mandev code = 0xffff
> cannot read flash info
> getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero
> get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.
> unknown flash device - mandev code = 0xffff
> cannot read flash info
> getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero
> get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.
> unknown flash device - mandev code = 0xffff
> cannot read flash info
> getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero
> open: read error...requested 0x4 bytes, got 0x0
> trouble reading device magic number
> dir: cannot open device "flash:"
>
>
>
> So, is there any way to recover (without calling up Cisco)? I know the
> rest of the router is working fine, because I have another 2610 that is
> working fine, and when I "borrow" the flash from that one and put it in,
> everything works. But is there some way to easily format this unformatted
> flash?
>
> Thanx
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