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cisco 2801 unable to boot the image 'Wrong system software for this hardware'

Marlon Malinao
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Hi,

Please help, my 128 compact flash got corrupted and suddenly not working after i reboot the 2801 router. now i have a new 256 compact flash and 512 compact flash but i cannot still to boot the 2801 properly.  it always do looping like booting in rommon and  will be the image decompress but in the end theres an error, Wrong system software for this hardware.  ive tried different ios but still the same.  need your advice.

System Bootstrap, Version 12.3(8r)T9, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 2004 by cisco Systems, Inc.
PLD version 0x10
GIO ASIC version 0x127
c2801 processor with 262144 Kbytes of main memory
Main memory is configured to 64 bit mode with parity disabled


Readonly ROMMON initialized
program load complete, entry point: 0x8000f000, size: 0xc100

Initializing ATA monitor library.......
program load complete, entry point: 0x8000f000, size: 0xc100

Initializing ATA monitor library.......

program load complete, entry point: 0x8000f000, size: 0x2fae3d4
Self decompressing the image : #################################################
################################################################################
################################################################################
######################################################## [OK]


Wrong system software for this hardware

System Bootstrap, Version 12.3(8r)T9, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 2004 by cisco Systems, Inc.
PLD version 0x10
GIO ASIC version 0x127
c2801 processor with 262144 Kbytes of main memory
Main memory is configured to 64 bit mode with parity disabled


Readonly ROMMON initialized
program load complete, entry point: 0x8000f000, size: 0xc100

Initializing ATA monitor library.......
program load complete, entry point: 0x8000f000, size: 0xc100

Initializing ATA monitor library.......

pls help.

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Laurent Aubert
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

HI,

You should try a software recovery. Different steps are described here:

http://cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps259/products_tech_note09186a008015bf9e.shtml

HTH

Laurent.

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