Re: 1841 not loading BIN from TFTP in ROMMON

Samc2527 · ‎11-12-2018

Hello All,

I've recently purchased a few 1841 routers for a home lab while I study for my CCNA. The routers were purchased off of eBay, and all of them were locked and requiring login before getting to a command line.

I was hoping it would be as simple as putting the CF cards in a reader, wiping them, and transferring a fresh BIN.

After doing that I get the error:

loadprog: bad file magic number: 0x0
boot: cannot load "flash:"

So then I tried to load the BIN via TFTP.

My first attempt was with TFTP64, I would continually receive the error:

Ack block 65535 ignored (received twice)
TIMEOUT waiting for Ack block #65536

I then tried Solarwinds with a similar result:

Dropped because peer didn't respond

These failures happened repeatedly, with different Ethernet cables to isolate any other possibilities of failure.

The one router that does boot up continually brings me to this dialogue:

program load complete, entry point: 0x8000f000, size: 0x2c3fe90
Self decompressing the image : ########################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################## [OK]

Smart Init is enabled
smart init is sizing iomem
ID MEMORY_REQ TYPE
0X003AA110 public buffer pools
0X00211000 public particle pools
0X00020000 Crypto module pools
0X0052 0X0001A800 Card in slot 0
0X000021B8 Onboard USB

If any of the above Memory Requirements are
"UNKNOWN", you may be using an unsupported
configuration or there is a software problem and
system operation may be compromised.

Allocating additional 13176105 bytes to IO Memory.
PMem allocated: 245366784 bytes; IOMem allocated: 23068672 bytes

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Installed image archive
Cisco 1841 (revision 6.0) with 239616K/22528K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID FTX1005Y23V
2 FastEthernet interfaces
1 Serial interface
1 Virtual Private Network (VPN) Module
DRAM configuration is 64 bits wide with parity disabled.
191K bytes of NVRAM.
255488K bytes of ATA CompactFlash (Read/Write)

ip nbar port-map sqlserver tcp 1433 5000
^
% Invalid input detected at '^' marker.

Press RETURN to get started!

*Nov 12 16:03:55.443: SERVICE_MODULE(Serial0/0/0): self test finished: Passed
*Nov 12 16:04:23.035: %VPN_HW-6-INFO_LOC: Crypto engine: onboard 0 State changed to: Initialized
*Nov 12 16:04:23.039: %VPN_HW-6-INFO_LOC: Crypto engine: onboard 0 State changed to: Enabled
*Nov 12 16:04:25.247: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Serial0/0/0, changed state to down
*Nov 12 16:04:26.415: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface FastEthernet0/0, changed state to down
*Nov 12 16:04:26.415: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Serial0/0/0, changed state to down
*Nov 12 16:04:26.815: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface FastEthernet0/1, changed state to down
*Nov 12 16:04:27.607: %SYS-6-CLOCKUPDATE: System clock has been updated from 16:04:27 UTC Mon Nov 12 2018 to 11:04:27 EST Mon Nov 12 2018, configured from console by console.
*Nov 12 16:04:27.611: %SYS-6-CLOCKUPDATE: System clock has been updated from 11:04:27 EST Mon Nov 12 2018 to 11:04:27 EST Mon Nov 12 2018, configured from console by console.
*Nov 12 16:04:28.211: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface FastEthernet0/0, changed state to up
*Nov 12 16:04:42.795: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Loopback0, changed state to up
*Nov 12 16:04:44.003: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface FastEthernet0/1, changed state to administratively down
*Nov 12 16:04:45.079: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from memory by console
*Nov 12 16:04:45.315: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface FastEthernet0/0, changed state to up
*Nov 12 16:04:49.595: %SYS-5-RESTART: System restarted --
Cisco IOS Software, 1841 Software (C1841-ADVENTERPRISEK9-M), Version 15.1(3)T3, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2011 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Wed 14-Dec-11 20:21 by prod_rel_team
*Nov 12 16:04:49.599: %SNMP-5-COLDSTART: SNMP agent on host Omaha_077 is undergoing a cold start
*Nov 12 16:04:49.923: %SSH-5-ENABLED: SSH 2.0 has been enabled
*Nov 12 16:04:49.947: %CRYPTO-6-ISAKMP_ON_OFF: ISAKMP is OFF
*Nov 12 16:04:49.951: %CRYPTO-6-GDOI_ON_OFF: GDOI is OFF
*Nov 12 16:04:49.951: %CRYPTO-6-ISAKMP_ON_OFF: ISAKMP is OFF
*Nov 12 16:04:49.951: %CRYPTO-6-GDOI_ON_OFF: GDOI is OFFC

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Any help is appreciated as I'd just like to get these up and running to continue my studies. Thank you!

Georg Pauwen · ‎11-12-2018

Hello,

I am not sure where you are in the process, but is there a valid IOS on your CF card ? If not, can you put the bin file on the CF card and the boot from flash (boot syste flash) ?

Samc2527 · ‎11-12-2018

Hi Georg-

I attempted to do that on two of the routers that ultimately led to that having flash boot issues. I'm having a hard time finding the bin files available for download. Wanted to try and unlock this one before rendering it completely inoperable like the other two.

Thanks for the help.

Deepak Kumar · ‎11-12-2018

Hi,

This is a duplicate post and we already gave an answer that downloads a fresh copy of IOS and verifies MD5 value with your downloaded file and Cisco website. Upload this new firmware to your router.

Regards,

Deepak Kumar

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Samc2527 · ‎11-12-2018

Deepak-

Where would I find a copy of the IOS, the Cisco site says it's unavailable.

Thanks

Deepak Kumar · ‎11-13-2018

Hi,

Here is the link:

https://software.cisco.com/download/home/279119622/type/280805680/release/15.1.4M12a

Regards,

Deepak Kumar

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Samc2527 · ‎11-13-2018

Hi Deepak-

The site says the files are no longer available. Is this due to my new account type/not being a partner? it gives the ame error on all bin files.

Thanks so much,

Sam

Deepak Kumar · ‎11-13-2018

Hi,

Yeap, Cisco has deleted the old IOS.

Here is a link:

https://cisco.server.adamxp12.com/files/cisco/ios/router/1841/ios-15/c1841-adventerprisek9-mz.151-4.m12a/

Please make sure that it is a third party link and No warranty from me

Regards,

Deepak Kumar

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