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 fil
The router is recognizing the new flash, that message is Cisco's
slightly cryptic way of telling you that there is no image on that flash
yet. You'll need to send a break signal to get to ROMMON mode and
download an image with either TFTP (through the ethernet port) or xmodem
(through the console
I tried a blank flash with the 3620 router and got the same problem. I
could not even assign an IP address to the ethernet port so I can download
from tftp the new ios image. I had to use the xmodem using the console
port. It took me like 30 minutes with the 115kbps speed
""John Neiberge
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