always initial configuration

[lmusgrave]

i have two brand new cisco 2600 series routers.

i can go through the initial configuration dialog fine.

at the end i select option 2, ( save configuration to nvram). when i reload the router it always asks if i want to enter the initial configuration. why?

selecting no, i can run show conf, and the configuration i entered is there, but if i try write mem, copy running-config startup config, or copy startup-confi running config, after reloading it still asks if i want to enter the initial configuration. why?

what's going on here?

[marinos_g]

Hi,

Can you do a show ver and see the configuration register?

Regards

Marinos

[lmusgrave]

configuration register is ox42

[lmusgrave]

sorry, that should be 0x42,

typed too quickly :)

[Kevin Dorrell]

It is the '4' that is causing your problems. It is the bit that says "ignore configuration in NVRAM". You need something like this:

conf t

config-reg 0x2

Although the more common value is 0x2102, depending on the platform and your choice of other options:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/core/cis12000/cis12016/icg/hfricgbc.htm#1015930

Kevin Dorrell

Luxembourg

[lmusgrave]

yeah, thought of that a minute ago, just trying it now.

threw me a bit because i thought that register for ignoring nvram was supposed to be 0x2142.

anyway, the routers just come up, with the config i want. so it's all working now.

thanks all for the replies.