I have seen this, but I'm not sure I remember what the issue was. I think the FLASH you are trying to run in your 2500 may be 2600/3600/4000 style. It will register... but the speed is too slow for that router, so it gives weird reading. Ultimately this does not work. I think this is the issue you are seeing Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: "anyong" To: Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 12:29 AM Subject: Physicaliy disable Cisco 8M flash (Write Protect) [7:11642] > Hi Group, > > My friend send me a weird 8M flash memory which is write protected. > I put show ver I can see it is read/write. > I put one original flash and one weird flash on 2503 and write a 10M IOS on > it, The first 8M can been downloaded from the tftp server but on to the > weird flash error occurred "%Error: System flash write protected %Error: > System flash location 0x3000240 - wrote 0x48E7FFFC, read 0xFFFFFFFF" > > The router display there it has 16M flash read/write. > Does anyone know how to disable or enable the joint on the flash? > Thanks for any input. > > anyong Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=11646&t=11642 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]