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Having problems booting up my CISCO 2621 router

I have a CISCO 2621 router with 8MB of flash mem. and 24MB of Main mem.

The IOS which I upgraded after I started having the problem is c2600-i-mz.121-14.bin . When I boot up the router I get this message:

System Bootstrap, Version 11.3(2)XA4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 1999 by cisco Systems, Inc.
TAC:Home:SW:IOS:Specials for info
C2600 platform with 24576 Kbytes of main memory

program load complete, entry point: 0x80008000, size: 0x44aecc
Self decompressing the image : ######################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################### [OK]

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           cisco Systems, Inc.
           170 West Tasman Drive
           San Jose, California 95134-1706



Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) C2600 Software (C2600-I-M), Version 12.1(14), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 1986-2002 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Mon 25-Mar-02 20:33 by kellythw
Image text-base: 0x80008088, data-base: 0x80828788




Unexpected exception to CPU vector 1200, PC = 80326858
-Traceback= 80326858 803269A4 80261940 80349AE8 8034B75C 802F7F8C 802F803C 8025322C 802534A0 80302180


=== Flushing messages (00:00:01 UTC Mon Mar 1 1993) ===

Queued messages
*** System received a SegV exception ***
signal= 0xb, code= 0x1200, context= 0x80bf06b8
PC = 0x80326858, Vector = 0x1200, SP = 0x80c2f978

C = 0xfff0a530, Vector = 0x500, SP = 0x817ff8c8


After this message the router continues to try and boot up again and again until I hit Ctrl+Break to go into rommon mode.

Once in rommon mode I did some Debug commands to help find out the problem. Here they are:

rommon 4 > sysret
System Return Info:
count: 19,  reason: a SegV exception
pc:0x80326858,  error address: 0x80326858
Stack Trace:
FP: 0x80c2f978, PC: 0x80326744
FP: 0x80c2f988, PC: 0x803269a4
FP: 0x80c2f9a0, PC: 0x80261940
FP: 0x80c2f9a8, PC: 0x80349ae8
FP: 0x80c2f9b8, PC: 0x8034b75c
FP: 0x80c2f9c0, PC: 0x802f7f8c
FP: 0x80c2f9c8, PC: 0x802f803c
FP: 0x80c2f9e8, PC: 0x8025322c


rommon 6 > stack
Stack trace:
PC = 0x80008064
Frame 00: FP = 0x817ffe68    PC = 0x80008064
Invalid FP = 0x00000000, cannot proceed

I have been working on this for a while. Any Information would be extremely helpful. Thank you


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Have you tried rebooting?
Have you tried any other IOS versions?  You might want to back rev.
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I have tried 3 different IOS versions
And all of them popped SegV exceptions?
yes they all did. Which is where I got confused, because cisco said to just upgrade the IOS and it should fix the SegV exceptions.
Maybe you buy a new Kisco?

Perhaps the RAM is bad?  Have you tired formatting the flash and starting clean?
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SegV errors often point to bad memory chip, or unseated memory. Pull the memory chips out and re-seat them and try again... else try installing memory from known good router...

How do I format the flash and start clean?

What kind of router mem is compatible with the 2621. Can i use from a 2500 or a 3600 for example?
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How do I format the flash and start clean?

What kind of router mem is compatible with the 2621. Can i use from a 2500 or a 3600 for example?
I would bet the farm that you have bad memory in that router.  Is this a new router?

Oops.  Now that I read back up the chain I see that people have already said that.

format device1: [[device2:] [monlib-filename]]

The following formatting procedure erases all information in the Flash memory. To prevent the loss of important data, proceed carefully.

Syntax Description  device1:
Device to format. The colon (:) is required. Valid devices are as follows:


bootflash: This device is the internal Flash memory.


slot0: This device is the first PC slot on the route processor card.


slot1: This device is the second PC slot on the route processor card.
 
device2:
Device containing the monlib file to use for formatting device1. The colon (:) is required. Valid devices are as follows:


bootflash: This device is the internal Flash memory.


slot0: This device is the first PC slot and is the initial default device.


slot1: This device is the second PC slot on the route processor card.
 
monlib-filename
Name of the ROM monitor library file (monlib file) to use for formatting device1. The default monlib file is the one bundled with the system software.
 
Hope this helps.

-Rick
Hollmer,

Can this be done in Rommon mode?

Because I cannot get past the boot sequence as the router keeps trying to reload after the SegV exception pops up. I have no choice but to go to Rommon.
I purchased new memory for the 2600, its 32MB the router see's it but I am still getting the SegV exception message on the boot up.

Are there any more options for me?
Your bootstrap version (11.3) seems kind of old. All my 2621's have bootstrap version 12.1(3r)T2, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1).

Steve
Also, try this site. It has instructions for bootstrap diagnostics.

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/access/acs_fix/cisigslr/igslrhir/22757.htm

Good luck.
Steve
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