3640 and rommon

Perhaps this will help you:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/130/recovery_c3600.html

i have tried the xmodem thing, and it works, and as long as i do not reboot the router then i am fine but once the router is rebooted its back to rommon

so if you or anyone has any other ideas
i am open for suggestions

i have tried the xmodem thing, and it works, and as long as i do not reboot the router then i am fine but once the router is rebooted its back to rommon

so if you or anyone has any other ideas
i am open for suggestions

Do you have a line in your config that starts "boot flash:"
If so, remove it.

Else, set the router to ignore the startup config:
Using the ROMmon confreg Utility, watch for the line enable  "ignore system config info"? y/n  [n]:  
Answer Yes to this one only, then reboot.

rommon 2 > confreg

    Configuration Summary
enabled are:
load rom after netboot fails
console baud: 9600
boot: image specified by the boot system commands
      or default to: cisco2-C3600

do you wish to change the configuration? y/n  [n]:  y
enable  "diagnostic mode"? y/n  [n]:  

!--- Pressing "Enter" accepts the default (value between the brackets).
                                   
enable  "use net in IP bcast address"? y/n  [n]:  
disable  "load rom after netboot fails"? y/n  [n]:  
enable  "use all zero broadcast"? y/n  [n]:  
enable  "break/abort has effect"? y/n  [n]:  
enable  "ignore system config info"? y/n  [n]:  
change console baud rate? y/n  [n]:  y
enter rate: 0 = 9600,  1 = 4800,  2 = 1200,  3 = 2400
            4 = 19200, 5 = 38400, 6 = 57600, 7 = 115200  [7]:  7
change the boot characteristics? y/n  [n]:

    Configuration Summary
enabled are:
load rom after netboot fails
console baud: 115200
boot: image specified by the boot system commands
      or default to: cisco2-C3600
     
do you wish to change the configuration? y/n  [n]:  
     
You must reset or power cycle for new config to take effect

If it boots now but with empty config, it's something in the config.

Are you sure you have enough DRAM memory for the IOS version you have?

i have tried the xmodem thing, and it works, and as long as i do not reboot the router then i am fine but once the router is rebooted its back to rommon

so if you or anyone has any other ideas
i am open for suggestions

yeah i have enough dram 98mb

running set in rommon has the following

MONRC=BOOT=flash:,100
RET_2_RUTC=0
BSI=0
RET_2_RTS=
BOOT=flash:,100
?=0


any clues?

running set in rommon has the following

MONRC=BOOT=flash:,100
RET_2_RUTC=0
BSI=0
RET_2_RTS=
BOOT=flash:,100
?=0


any clues?

Hi,

once your router is up, you'll need to copy tftp flash.  I think what is happening, and has happened to me is that it just uses the xmodem to boot from.  You then need to copy the image to flash, and make the changes in the Config to reflect the image in the flash as stated above.  that should do it.

regards,
Corey

Once i tftp the ios here is my config
After i save this to mem and power cycle router it still goes to rommon, but until i reboot the router it works fine
here is config

Current configuration : 930 bytes
!
version 12.2
service timestamps debug uptime
service timestamps log uptime
no service password-encryption
!
hostname Router
!
boot system flash c3640.122-12a.bin
!
ip subnet-zero
!
!
!
ip audit notify log
ip audit po max-events 100
!
call rsvp-sync
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
interface Serial0/0
 no ip address
 shutdown
 serial restart-delay 0
!
interface Serial0/1
 no ip address
 shutdown
 serial restart-delay 0
!
interface Serial0/2
 no ip address
 shutdown
 serial restart-delay 0
!
interface Serial0/3
 no ip address
 shutdown
!
interface FastEthernet1/0
 ip address 192.168.100.69 255.255.255.0
 duplex auto
 speed auto
!
interface FastEthernet2/0
 no ip address
 shutdown
 duplex auto
 speed auto
!
interface FastEthernet3/0
 no ip address
 shutdown
 duplex auto
 speed auto
!
ip classless
no ip http server
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
line con 0
 speed 115200
line aux 0
line vty 0 4
 login
!
end

Router#

Try doing this

router(config)#no boot system flash c3640.122-12a.bin
router(config)#exit
router#write mem
[OK]
router#reload
Proceed? Yes

ok did that and i got this:

System Bootstrap, Version 11.1(20)AA2, EARLY DEPLOYMENT RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 1999 by cisco Systems, Inc.
C3600 processor with 98304 Kbytes of main memory
Main memory is configured to 64 bit mode with parity disabled

get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.
unknown flash device - mandev code = 0x89aa
cannot read flash info
getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero
get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.
unknown flash device - mandev code = 0x89aa
cannot read flash info
getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero
open: read error...requested 0x4 bytes, got 0x0
trouble reading device magic number
boot: cannot open "flash:"
boot: cannot determine first file name on device "flash:"

System Bootstrap, Version 11.1(20)AA2, EARLY DEPLOYMENT RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 1999 by cisco Systems, Inc.
C3600 processor with 98304 Kbytes of main memory
Main memory is configured to 64 bit mode with parity disabled

rommon 1 >

Are you using a PCMCIA flash card? Paste results of:
rommon 1 > dev

rommon 3 > dir flash:

no i am not using PCMCIA
rommon 3 > dev
Devices in device table:
        id  name
    flash:  flash
    slot0:  PCMCIA slot 0
    slot1:  PCMCIA slot 1
    eprom:  eprom
rommon 4 > dir flash:
get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.
unknown flash device - mandev code = 0x89aa
cannot read flash info
getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero
get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.
unknown flash device - mandev code = 0x89aa
cannot read flash info
getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero
get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.
unknown flash device - mandev code = 0x89aa
cannot read flash info
getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero
get_man_dev: Unknown device - probably NOT formatted.
unknown flash device - mandev code = 0x89aa
cannot read flash info
getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero
open: read error...requested 0x4 bytes, got 0x0
trouble reading device magic number
dir: cannot open device "flash:"



after i xmodem ios over and then  do a tftp or not/either way doesnt matter
i can do a dir flash: and the ios is listed there

Hi,

I just saw one thing the : is missing in the config, but
still it should read the first image in the flash.
Have you tried to format the flash first then xmodem the image or tftp the over?

Regards,
Corey

oooops lmost forgot you might want to reset the Boot varible as well.

when xmodeming the file over it has an option to erase flash first...i have done that

as far as formating the flash..How is that done
and
how do i reset the boot variable?

you use the command BOOT=[variable]

Sorry for formating the flash I was thinking about something else sorry.

But if all else has failed, I would saw your flash is defective.  Just out of curiosity what is your config-register set at?  0x2102?

Corey

Looking into this abit more there was a bug in the Bootstrap earlier then the one you have.  But you should clear the variables you currently have use the folowing:

rommon 1>unset MONRC
       rommon 2>unset BOOT
       rommon 3>sync
       rommon 4>reset

Did you also follow the memory table set up for your 98MB Ram?

rommon 10 > meminfo -l
Supported 64 bit configurations:
SIMM 0 SIMM 1 SIMM 2 SIMM 3
--------------------------------------
4M 4M 4M 4M
8M 8M
8M-DUAL 8M-DUAL
8M 8M 4M 4M
8M-DUAL 8M-DUAL 4M 4M
8M 8M 8M 8M
8M 8M 8M-DUAL 8M-DUAL
8M-DUAL 8M-DUAL 8M 8M
8M-DUAL 8M-DUAL 8M-DUAL 8M-DUAL
16M 16M
16M 16M 4M 4M
16M 16M 8M 8M
16M 16M 8M-DUAL 8M-DUAL
16M 16M 16M 16M
32M-DUAL 32M-DUAL
32M-DUAL 32M-DUAL 4M 4M
32M-DUAL 32M-DUAL 8M 8M
32M-DUAL 32M-DUAL 8M-DUAL 8M-DUAL
32M-DUAL 32M-DUAL 16M 16M
32M-DUAL 32M-DUAL 32M-DUAL 32M-DUAL
Supported 32 bit configurations:
SIMM 0 SIMM 1 SIMM 2 SIMM 3
--------------------------------------
4M
4M 4M
4M 8M
4M 16M
4M 4M 4M
4M 4M 8M
8M
8M 4M
8M 16M
8M 8M 4M
8M 8M 8M
8M 8M 16M
8M 8M 4M 8M
8M 8M 8M 4M
16M
16M 4M
16M 8M
16M 16M 4M
16M 16M 8M
16M 16M 16M
16M 16M 4M 8M
16M 16M 4M 16M
16M 16M 8M 4M
16M 16M 8M 16M
16M 16M 16M 4M
16M 16M 16M 8M

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