1801 cant get out of ROMMON

[ctusa2003am]

Hi,

I have a Cisco 1801 System Bootstrap ver 12.3 which does not want to come out ROMMON mode.

I tried a few different things with 'reset' and all. Any hope ?

Thanks,

Ashok

[Leo Laohoo]

Console into the appliance and reboot.  Post the entire boot-up process.

[ctusa2003am]

Hi Leo,

This is what I get when power up.

Thanks,

Ashok

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System Bootstrap, Version 12.3(8r)YH8, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 2006 by cisco Systems, Inc.
C1800 platform with 131072 Kbytes of main memory with parity disabled

Upgrade ROMMON initialized
boot: cannot open "flash:"
boot: cannot determine first file name on device "flash:"

System Bootstrap, Version 12.3(8r)YH8, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 2006 by cisco Systems, Inc.
C1800 platform with 131072 Kbytes of main memory with parity disabled

Upgrade ROMMON initialized
boot: cannot open "flash:"
boot: cannot determine first file name on device "flash:"

System Bootstrap, Version 12.3(8r)YH8, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 2006 by cisco Systems, Inc.
C1800 platform with 131072 Kbytes of main memory with parity disabled

Upgrade ROMMON initialized
rommon 1 >

[Cisco Freak]

Hi,

Do you have the IOS copied into the flash of the device?

boot: cannot open "flash:"
boot: cannot determine first file name on device "flash:"

Seems like the device can't locate the file in the flash. Can you try dir flash command?

CF

[ctusa2003am]

Hi CF,

It gives the following response:

Thanks, Ashok

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rommon 1 > dir flash
bad device name
usage: dir <device>
rommon 2 >

[ctusa2003am]

actually I ran again with : at the end i.e. 'dir flash:' and it gave me back:

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'dir: cannot open device "flash"

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then I ran dev' it gives:

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Devices in device table:

   id     name

flash:   external compact flash

bootflash: boot flash

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Any hope to make use of this router, from scratch?

Thanks,

[Cisco Freak · Accepted solution]

I think the flash of the device is corrupted. Can you please try inserting a new flash into device see if the new flash get recognized?

CF

[ctusa2003am]

Thanks CF,

Will try to find and would update.

Thanks,

Ashok

[ctusa2003am]

Hi CF,

I did find another one and this one is recognized and I able to go in and start configuring it.You all have been so helpful and have a glass or two of Chardonnay on me.

Thanks,

Ashok

[Iulian Vaideanu]

I see there are a lot of ROMMOM commands available for 1800 series - http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/access/1800/1801/software/configuration/guide/scg/rommon.html

If "fsck" cannot find or fix the filesystem I would take the out the flash and try to low-level format it on a PC, format it again on the router and copy an IOS image on it.  If any of these fails then it probably needs to be replaced...

[ctusa2003am]

Thanks Lulian,

Yes this is really helpful. Appreciate the info.

Thanks,

Ashok

[Iulian Vaideanu]

The "bad device name" error is most likely because "dir flash:" should be used (notice the colon at the end)...

[Leo Laohoo]

boot: cannot determine first file name on device "flash:"

Means there is no valid IOS filename in the CF.  

System Bootstrap, Version 12.3(8r)YH8, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)

Bootstrap is default so this means the IOS can't be read from a USB thumb-drive and the only way to boot the IOS is XModem or copy the correct IOS file into the CF and boot.

[ctusa2003am]

Hi Leo,

I will check on how to do the xmodem or copy an IOS into CF

Thanks,

Ashok