Nadeem, Format is not a found command in ROMMON mode for a Cisco 2620 router. I don't know if this will work for other routers. Thanx for the input.
Scott -----Original Message----- From: PING [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 6:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Flash upgrade disaster [7:35184] Did you try format disk0: command? Nadeem Scott Nawalaniec wrote: > Hi Rik, Anybody, > > Regarding formatting the flash from rommon mode. I have looked on Cisco's > website for a couple of hours trying to find the commands to format flash > from rommon and haven't found any useful information. I have looked through > all the commands in rommon and haven't found the commands either. I know if > you tftp a IOS from rommon you can erase the flash. > > Could someone help me on this one. > > Scott > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rik Guyler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 7:27 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Flash upgrade disaster [7:35184] > > Did you format the new flash? I've had issues with corruption adding flash > while existing flash is still installed. Try to boot to rommon mode and > format the flash. You should be able to do this with both sticks installed > without too much problem. Then install IOS, build the config, etc. > > Rik > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wilson, Christian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 9:26 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Flash upgrade disaster [7:35184] > > Begging for help once again . . . > > I have upgraded the flash in a 3640 from the 8 Mb chip to a 16 Mb chip. I > did this by installing the second, 16 Mb chip into slot 1 of the > motherboard, leaving the original 8 Mb in slot 1, for a total of 24 Mb of > flash memory. I then installed 12.1, which was the reason I needed to > upgrade the flash. 12.1 went on without a hitch, but when the router was > reloaded, it would run for about 30 minutes and then go into rommon mode. It > did this repeatedly, so I removed the 8 Mb chip, installed the 16 Mb chip > into slot 0, and then used xmodem to transfer 12.1 through the console, a > painstaking two hour task. Now the file is on flash, but at reload the file > is unable to decompress, returning these errors: > > Error: Uncompression of the image failed. > invalid compressed data-format violated > > Error: zip decompress failed > > ***System received a software forced crash *** > signal = 0x17, code = 0x7, context = 0x0 > PC = 0x80008094, cause = 0x20, Status Reg = 0x3041f003 > > The crc checks are the same as displayed on the software centers web page. I > have downloaded a new copy of the file and it still did not work. I put the > original 8 Mb chip in slot 0 and removed the 16 Mb chip, reloaded a fresh > 11.3 image, and received the same errors. What have I done?? -- ==================== Ishrat Nadeem Zahid CCNP Cisco Systems,Inc. Chelmsford, MA 01824 Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=35362&t=35184 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
