Saving router configuration

[lam32123]

I enter what's shown below, yet upon router rebooting (power off/on) I'm taken to Router> prompt instead of 
R1 prompt !  What am I missing in saving a boot configuration to the router ?  If I can't save my work, 
what's the point ?  (host name is one word without space, but not allowed here)

Router>enable
Router#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with Control/Z.
Router(config)#host name R1
R1(config)#exit
R1#
*Mar  1 00:07:14: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by console
R1#copy running-config startup-config
Destination filename [startup-config]?
Building configuration...
[OK]
R1#

[Leo Laohoo]

Config registy.

[Georg Pauwen]

Hello,

post the output of:

sh ver

dir flash:

[balaji.bandi]

post show version and show loggs if any obnormal give indication.

[Richard Burts · Accepted solution]

This symptom is usually caused when the config register is set to 0x2142 rather than to the default of 0x2102. The best way to check this is in the output of show version.

[lam32123 · Accepted solution]

You are correct ----- show version revealed the config register was set to 0x2142.  I used the following to change it:

router>enable

router#configure terminal

router(config)#config-register 0x2102

After reboot, it worked !  Thank you very much !  Programming this router makes me feel like I've gone back in time to the late 80's with

MS-DOS v3.3 and programming in Basic A  or assembly language.

[Richard Burts]

I am glad that my suggestion was helpful. Appreciate that you confirm that this was the problem and that you included the steps you took to fix the problem. Thank you for marking this question as solved. This will help other participants in the community to identify discussions which have helpful information. This community is an excellent place to ask questions and to learn about networking. I hope to see you continue to be active in the community.