Certainly on Sup I blades and I suppose on Sup II and III blades there is a
set of jumpers on the card labeled "diag". You'll have to find a jumper to
fit; but that will get you into rom mon. On the Sup I it is behind the usage
display.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Kim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 6:46 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Booting in rom-mode on a cat5500 [7:13916]
>
>
> Hi guys,
> I got a cat5500 originally running on 16megs of dram and
> 8megs of flash on
> some old ass code. I took out that 16megs dram stick and
> traded it off
> for a carnesada burrito. Luckily, I had a 32megs dram stick left so I
> plugged it into the cat5500 and it worked like a champ.
> After finishing
> my burrito, I got so hyped. So I decided to upgrade the old
> ass code to
> some new kick ass code, which was 5.something. I dont'
> remember. Everythign went smooth. The new code was rocking and
> rolling. I was able to use some new features such as cntrl-p
> to repeat
> commands and question to list out some options. So basically
> I was stoke.
>
> Two weeks later, I got so broke. I traded my 32megs dram
> stick with my
> next door amigo for his old ass 16megs simms and another
> burrito. So that
> nite, my tummy was full, well satisfied.
>
> Okay, now here i am with my small ass 16megs dram stick in
> the cat5500,
> trying to boot up a code that is too big. It would boot to the point
> where it asks for the password, then it restarts again. So,
> my question
> is: is there a break sequence key that I can enter to bring me into
> rom-mode so I can rescue this baby? Thanks for any advice.
>
> And please dont tell me to take out the 8meg flash sticks and
> replace it
> with a blank 8meg flash stick to make the switch boot to rom-mode by
> itself. This will work for me, but unfortunately, my poor
> ass does not
> have money to buy another 8meg flash.
>
> If someone feels offended with this email, please don't be.
> Today is my
> 'ass day'. So give me a break. I only get to use the ass
> word once every
> 365 days.
>
>
> -Frank
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