John, No - the console port is where you do this - if you see an unreadable string - then your baud rate, parity, #of bits, handshaking, may be wrong. I believe 9600 - 8, 1 will work. You can up the baud rate via the console. Regards, John ----- Original Message ----- From: "john, Dang" To: "DOCSIS ATP Rack#2" ; "Jeff Theobalt" ; "Fawad Alam" ; Cc: Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 9:59 PM Subject: Re: [sc] Flash Upgrde problem on Cisco 2600 > Hi John, > the console serial port keep bursting unreadable string, > do you refer to serial 0 sync/async port ? > please advise, > JD > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "DOCSIS ATP Rack#2" > To: "john, Dang" ; "Jeff Theobalt" ; > "Fawad Alam" ; > Cc: > Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 11:38 PM > Subject: Re: [sc] Flash Upgrde problem on Cisco 2600 > > > > John, > > > > You can recover from a catastrophic failure by reloading via the serial > port > > using Xmodem or Zmodem (I think). I've done this before - it's painful - > > but you can recover. I'm not sure if this is what is required - but if > your > > router is brain dead and can't tftp - this this is your only choice. It > > happened to me with a 3620 - took about 2hrs. before I was completely > > back up. > > > > Good Luck, > > John > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "john, Dang" > > To: "Jeff Theobalt" ; "Fawad Alam" ; > > > > Cc: > > Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 8:52 PM > > Subject: Re: [sc] Flash Upgrde problem on Cisco 2600 > > > > > > > Hello every one, > > > I need help for reinstall flash program into Cisco 3810 > > > concentrator router, I think I mess up the flash after > > > I reload the upgrade ISO,12.0 > > > any one can give me some advise, > > > thank you > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Jeff Theobalt" > > > To: "Fawad Alam" ; > > > Cc: > > > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 12:55 PM > > > Subject: Re: [sc] Flash Upgrde problem on Cisco 2600 > > > > > > > > > > That is because it is unformatted and there is no IOS on the flash. > > > > > > > > > > > > Therefore, you will need to format the flash . Once this is done > > complete > > > > the following steps exactly to load IOS to the new flash: > > > > > > > > when in rommon this is what needs to be done > > > > > > > > rommon>IP_ADDRESS= ip address of the router > > > > rommon>IP_SUBNET_MASK= subnet amsk > > > > rommon>DEFAULT_GATEWAY= gateway if tftp server is on different subnet > > > > rommon>TFTP_SERVER= ip address of tftp server > > > > rommon>TFTP_FILE= name IOS file on the tftp server > > > > > > > > rommon>boot > > > > > > > > this should fix your problem > > > > > > > > -Jeff > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: Fawad Alam > > > > To: > > > > Cc: > > > > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 8:35 AM > > > > Subject: [sc] Flash Upgrde problem on Cisco 2600 > > > > > > > > > > > > > In order to increase flash on my 2600 Router I ordered 16MB Kingston > > > > Flash. > > > > > I removed the original 8 MB flash and inserted this new 16MB flash > and > > > the > > > > > message I am getting is: > > > > > rommon 1 > boot > > > > > device does not contain a valid magic number > > > > > boot: cannot open "flash:" > > > > > boot: cannot determine first file name on device "flash:" > > > > > > > > > > What should I do for the router to recognize this new flash?? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > > > http://www.hotmail.com. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > To unsubscribe: echo unsubscribe cisco-cert | mail > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To unsubscribe: echo unsubscribe cisco-cert | mail > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe: echo unsubscribe cisco-cert | mail > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe: echo unsubscribe cisco-cert | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=12450&t=12450 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]