First things first... IOS is ver 10.3 - you aren't trying to save the config
with a "copy run start" are you? If so, try "write mem", that should do it.
Next, if it is true that you are saving the config with "wr mem" and
reloading only to find your changes no present, check 2 things:
1. Do you see the "Building configuration" message, followed by "OK" when
you issue the write command (in other words, no error message)?
2. If yes to number 1, What is your config register set to?
Bad NVRAM would probably generate and error during the write, and wrong
config register would be fixed by setting it back to 0x2102.
It seems clear from the original post that the issue was with the config,
not the IOS image. Not realizing immediately from this information that we
are dealing with NVRAM and not FLASH points to the paper cert thing, if you
ask me. Or at least to an attention to detail thing, which will certainly
catch you up in the lab... Nothing personal, just an observation.
Z
>From: "Leigh Anne Chisholm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: "Leigh Anne Chisholm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Donald B Johnson Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "The.Rock"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Plantier, William \(Spencer\)"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: 2500 wont save config
>Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 12:48:14 -0700
>
>If a Cisco router has been set with a configuration register to bypass
>parsing
>the startup-config file (such as in the case of password recovery - and
>it's
>oh so easy to forget to reset the config register to 0x2102 afterwards),
>the
>operation of the router will appear as if the router isn't saving changes
>made
>to the router's configuration when in fact it actually is. Setting the
>config
>register to the default of 0x2102 can easily remedy this problem.
>
>When posting a problem to the list, it's quite helpful to not only post the
>perceived problem, but the circumstances that have led to the perception of
>what the problem is. In this particular case, it's important to know if an
>error message is being received indicating specifically that the router is
>unable to save the config, or if the poster (Wm. Spencer Plantier) is
>assuming
>his configs aren't saving because he doesn't see the router load with the
>settings he attempted to save in the startup-config.
>
>
> -- Leigh Anne
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> > Donald B Johnson Jr
> > Sent: March 19, 2001 2:50 PM
> > To: The.Rock
> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: 2500 wont save config
> >
> >
> > i think he said config. that goes to nvram
> > not ios if he didn't have enough room to load two images he could erase
>the
> > old. that goes to flash
> > i believe there is a difference
> > every time the router recycles the image loads but probaly all his
>config
> > changes go away (i.e. ip addr)
> > I think you may have some bad memory spence
> > Don
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: The.Rock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Newsgroups: groupstudy.cisco
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 9:03 AM
> > Subject: Re: 2500 wont save config
> >
> >
> > > It might not save due to lack of mem. Make sure you have enough room
>to
> > hold
> > > both the current IOS as well as the one your trying to upgrade.
>Otherwise
> > > you will need to delete one of them first. Being that your on IOS 10.3
> > tells
> > > me that probably you don't have enough memory.
> > >
> > > And I see your title....." LAN Engineer". I'm not picking on you, but
>it
> > > just seems that for the question you just asked, its not one that
>someone
> > > would ask in your position. This goes back to the paper cert thing!!!!
> > >
> > >
> > > ""Plantier, William (Spencer)"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> > > message
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > > I have a 2500 router with 10.3 IOS and I cant save the config. Any
> > > > suggestions?
> > > >
> > > > Wm. Spencer Plantier
> > > > LAN Engineer
> > > > (919) 474-1300 ext 0873 Office
> > > > (919) 474-1056 Fax
> > > > (919)696-8848 Cell
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >
> > > >
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