Very odd. I suspect bad simms or m/b. Could also be non-cisco approved mem.
Some had a middle chip on them that seemed to do some sort of key/ID
function. Do you have any other known good (preferably Cisco) simms to try?
I don't believe the pc card slot works for reg IOS. I believe it is part of
their diagnostics system. Anyone else know for sure? Have you considered a
Smartnet for it? List is $315, but you should be able to get it for 15% or
more off. Have you tried doing a standard tftp upgrade?
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert McIntire [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 7:32 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Flash memory issues [7:17561]
Good idea. But, I when it net boots I still can't erase flash. I'm
stumped
at this point. If I have to buy 2 8MB simms, that fine, but I'm wondering
if I can use a PCMCIA memory card ( and how much) ??
Any ideas?
Thanks, Bob McIntire
----- Original Message -----
From: "mbaker2507"
To: "'Robert McIntire'" ;
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 3:34 PM
Subject: RE: Flash memory issues [7:17561]
> Robert,
>
> You can set the config register to not boot the IOS. Then you should be
> able to erase the flash. From what you show, it may be a bad simm, bad
> motherboard (I've seen that a lot with this type of error), or possibly
> older bootroms that don't support the simm in there (though it looks like
> you have a recent bootrom). Has this been running ok, then started
flaking
> out, or has it always been this way? I believe netbooting should also
allow
> you to erase flash, as you won't be locking it during
boot/run-from-flash.
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert McIntire [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 3:17 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Flash memory issues [7:17561]
>
> I have a 2514 set up in my home lab that is having memory problems. It
> currently reports the following errors on boot up:
>
> %Error: System flash bank 0 chip 2 unknown, chip id 0xB36 (reversed =
> 0xD06C)
>
> %Error: System flash initialization failed
>
> F3: 6218292+86976+534512 at 0x3000060
>
>
> However, it boots to the image stored on the flash. ( 12.04T)
>
>
> My goal is to upgrade the flash to 16MB so I can run some of the larger
> Enterprise images on the router. I know that one method is to install 2
> 8MB
> flash simms. But, when I try to erase the 8MB flash that is currently
> installed I get an error that it is read-only. I've also attempted to
> erase
> flash from rommon mode, but the command is not available. I've worked in
> Rommon before on other Cisco devices, but am not familiar with the >
> prompt.
> I've attempted to set the Boot var to ROM with no luck. Currently I'm
net
> booting to a 12.2 IOS version, but I really need to configure it to boot
to
> flash for Enterprise IOS images.
>
> Following is the output of the Show Version command:
>
> 2500#show version
> Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
> IOS (tm) 2500 Software (C2500-IO-L), Version 12.2(1b), RELEASE SOFTWARE
> (fc1)
> Copyright (c) 1986-2001 by cisco Systems, Inc.
> Compiled Fri 15-Jun-01 06:20 by pwade
> Image text-base: 0x0000144C, data-base: 0x007FD064
>
> ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 5.2(8a), RELEASE SOFTWARE
> BOOTFLASH: 3000 Bootstrap Software (IGS-RXBOOT), Version 10.2(8a),
RELEASE
> SOFTW
> ARE (fc1)
>
> c2500 uptime is 29 minutes
> System returned to ROM by reload
> System image file is "tftp://172.16.1.1/c2500-io-l.122-1b.bin";
>
> cisco 2500 (68030) processor (revision D) with 16384K/2048K bytes of
> memory.
> Processor board ID 03946976, with hardware revision 00000000
> Bridging software.
> X.25 software, Version 3.0.0.
> 2 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
> 2 Serial network interface(s)
> 32K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
> 8192K bytes of System flash (Device not programmable)
>
> Configuration register is 0x2102
>
> At this point I'm just looking for a quick fix to get to 16MB of flash.
> How
> can I tell if the 8MB flash I've got is useable? I see a PCMCIA slot on
> hte
> system board - can this be used to upgrade the flash? I've checked for a
> write-protect jumper on the system board, but there isn't one. Is my
> current
> flash going to be reusable in upgrading? Do I need to upgrade boot roms?
> These are the questions. If anybody can shed some light on this process,
> I'd
> appreciate the help.
>
> Thanks in advance, Bob McIntire, CCNA
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