Robert,
You can set the config register to not boot the IOS. Then you should be
able to erase the flash. From what you show, it may be a bad simm, bad
motherboard (I've seen that a lot with this type of error), or possibly
older bootroms that don't support the simm in there (though it looks like
you have a recent bootrom). Has this been running ok, then started flaking
out, or has it always been this way? I believe netbooting should also allow
you to erase flash, as you won't be locking it during boot/run-from-flash.
Mark
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From: Robert McIntire [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 3:17 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Flash memory issues [7:17561]
I have a 2514 set up in my home lab that is having memory problems. It
currently reports the following errors on boot up:
%Error: System flash bank 0 chip 2 unknown, chip id 0xB36 (reversed =
0xD06C)
%Error: System flash initialization failed
F3: 6218292+86976+534512 at 0x3000060
However, it boots to the image stored on the flash. ( 12.04T)
My goal is to upgrade the flash to 16MB so I can run some of the larger
Enterprise images on the router. I know that one method is to install 2
8MB
flash simms. But, when I try to erase the 8MB flash that is currently
installed I get an error that it is read-only. I've also attempted to
erase
flash from rommon mode, but the command is not available. I've worked in
Rommon before on other Cisco devices, but am not familiar with the >
prompt.
I've attempted to set the Boot var to ROM with no luck. Currently I'm net
booting to a 12.2 IOS version, but I really need to configure it to boot to
flash for Enterprise IOS images.
Following is the output of the Show Version command:
2500#show version
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) 2500 Software (C2500-IO-L), Version 12.2(1b), RELEASE SOFTWARE
(fc1)
Copyright (c) 1986-2001 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Fri 15-Jun-01 06:20 by pwade
Image text-base: 0x0000144C, data-base: 0x007FD064
ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 5.2(8a), RELEASE SOFTWARE
BOOTFLASH: 3000 Bootstrap Software (IGS-RXBOOT), Version 10.2(8a), RELEASE
SOFTW
ARE (fc1)
c2500 uptime is 29 minutes
System returned to ROM by reload
System image file is "tftp://172.16.1.1/c2500-io-l.122-1b.bin"
cisco 2500 (68030) processor (revision D) with 16384K/2048K bytes of
memory.
Processor board ID 03946976, with hardware revision 00000000
Bridging software.
X.25 software, Version 3.0.0.
2 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
2 Serial network interface(s)
32K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
8192K bytes of System flash (Device not programmable)
Configuration register is 0x2102
At this point I'm just looking for a quick fix to get to 16MB of flash.
How
can I tell if the 8MB flash I've got is useable? I see a PCMCIA slot on
hte
system board - can this be used to upgrade the flash? I've checked for a
write-protect jumper on the system board, but there isn't one. Is my
current
flash going to be reusable in upgrading? Do I need to upgrade boot roms?
These are the questions. If anybody can shed some light on this process,
I'd
appreciate the help.
Thanks in advance, Bob McIntire, CCNA
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