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Error while doing Xmodem Recovery loading IOS

Anand Narayana
Level 6
Level 6

hi,

my cisco 3640 router went in ROMMON prompt, so i tried upgrading the IOS via xmodem recovery, while it was copying on in the middle i get the error.

WARNING: All existing data in flash will be lost!

Invoke this application only for disaster recovery.

Do you wish to continue? y/n [n]: y

Ready to receive file c3640-i-mz.122-1.bin ...

Erasing flash at 0x307c0000

program flash location 0x30200000

amd_flash_cmd: timeout on AMD flash command

program_flash: location 0x30200004 wrote 0x8beece50,contains 0x24eece50

program flash failure at location 0x30200004 - aborting

rommon 4 > dev

Devices in device table:

id name

flash: flash

does it mean that flash has gone bad?

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spremkumar
Level 9
Level 9

Hi Anand

Did u try formatting the flash and reloading the ios ?

regds

hi prem,

is it possible to format the flash when the router is in rommon?

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