I have a 2651 XM router. This went into the ROMMON mode y'day. When i logged in through the Dial in access, i could see that the confreg was set to 0x2102 as expected.
It was not detecting flash when i tried this command.
rommon 14 > reset
System Bootstrap, Version 12.2(8r) [cmong 8r], RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 2003 by cisco Systems, Inc.
C2600 platform with 262144 Kbytes of main memory
device does not contain a valid magic number
boot: cannot open "flash:"
boot: cannot determine first file name on device "flash:"
Now, as per Cisco's recommendation, i can reseat the Flash card and check before going in for a replacement.
Fix that was implemented by our onsite team:
The Router was restored by loading the IOS into memory bypassing the flash card entirely. Upon successful load it was noticed that the router could recognize the flash card but no files were in it. I then began to copy the IOS into the flash card and it was successful. We did a test reload to see if the IOS read in the flash card is successful and that was positive.
NOw, here my concern is,
1) In this case, Was the IOS loaded onto to the processor board memory? How can we bypass Flash when in ROMMON mode to copy flash onto the memory?
2) By default, is the IOS image copied onto the memory when a new router is shipped?
3) If there is HSRP configured in A and B routers, can I make A as TFTP server and tell B to boot from A, if B goes into ROMMON mode?
xxxxxx06#sh ver
Cisco IOS Software, C2600 Software (C2600-ADVIPSERVICESK9-M), Version 12.3(8)T4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2004 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Thu 02-Sep-04 22:00 by eaarmas
ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 12.2(8r) [cmong 8r], RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
xxxxxx06 uptime is 19 hours, 47 minutes
System returned to ROM by reload at 05:03:13 EDT Wed Aug 2 2006
System restarted at 05:07:29 EDT Wed Aug 2 2006
System image file is "flash:c2600-advipservicesk9-mz.123-8.T4.bin"
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Cisco 2651XM (MPC860P) processor (revision 0x301) with 127218K/3854K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID FOC08361PPC (3046291923)
M860 processor: part number 5, mask 2
2 FastEthernet interfaces
2 Serial(sync/async) interfaces
1 Virtual Private Network (VPN) Module
32K bytes of NVRAM.
32768K bytes of processor board System flash (Read/Write)
Configuration register is 0x2102
xx06#
