Boot issues 2

[Almin]

HI All,

I have a 7200 VXR series router and I have lost my flash card, once I got a new one 128MB card and pooed it in there I get this

rommon 2 > boot
boot: cannot determine first file name on device "bootflash:"
rommon 3 > boot
boot: cannot determine first file name on device "bootflash:"
rommon 4 >

how can I fix this?

Thanks

 

[Almin]

Here is the complete Boot message

System Bootstrap, Version 12.2(4r)B2, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
TAC Support:

http://www.cisco.com/tac

Copyright (c) 2002 by cisco Systems, Inc.
C7200 platform with 131072 Kbytes of main memory

an alternate boot helper program is not specified
(monitor variable "BOOTLDR" is not set)
and unable to determine first file in bootflash
loadprog: error - on file open
boot: cannot load "cisco2-C7200"

System Bootstrap, Version 12.2(4r)B2, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
TAC Support:

http://www.cisco.com/tac

Copyright (c) 2002 by cisco Systems, Inc.
C7200 platform with 131072 Kbytes of main memory

device does not contain a valid magic number
boot: cannot open "disk0:"
boot: cannot determine first file name on device "disk0:"

System Bootstrap, Version 12.2(4r)B2, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
TAC Support:

http://www.cisco.com/tac

Copyright (c) 2002 by cisco Systems, Inc.
C7200 platform with 131072 Kbytes of main memory

boot: cannot determine first file name on device "bootflash:"

System Bootstrap, Version 12.2(4r)B2, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
TAC Support:

http://www.cisco.com/tac

Copyright (c) 2002 by cisco Systems, Inc.
C7200 platform with 131072 Kbytes of main memory

rommon 1 >

 

[unclerico]

so you need to use xmodem or tftpdnld from rommon to get your IOS loaded into flash

xmodem -

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps259/products_tech_note09186a008015bfac.shtml

tftpdnld -

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

I hate all Uppercase... I don't want my groups to seem angry at me all the time! =)
- ColdFlame (vbscript forum)

 

[Almin]

HI unclerico

I cant do xmodem because it is not an option
rommon 9 > help
alias set and display aliases command
boot boot up an external process
break set/show/clear the breakpoint
confreg configuration register utility
cont continue executing a downloaded image
context display the context of a loaded image
cpu_card_type display CPU card type
dev list the device table
dir list files in file system
dis disassemble instruction stream
frame print out a selected stack frame
help monitor builtin command help
history monitor command history
meminfo main memory information
repeat repeat a monitor command
reset system reset
set show all monitor variables
show_spd show all SPD data
stack produce a stack trace
sync write monitor environment to NVRAM
sysret print out info from last system return
unalias unset an alias
unset unset a monitor variable
rommon 10 > xmodem

monitor: command "xmodem" not found
rommon 11 >

when I try to do the tftp: solution this is what I get

rommon 2 > set
PS1=rommon ! >
CRASHINFO=bootflash:crashinfo_20030517-124235
RET_2_RTS=07:24:07 UTC Tue Mar 10 2009
BSI=0
RET_2_RUTC=0
BOOT=slot1:,12
?=0
rommon 3 > IP_ADDRESS=172.18.36.235
rommon 4 > IP_SUBNET_MASK=255.255.254.0
rommon 5 > DEFAULT_GATEWAY=172.18.36.1
rommon 6 > TFTP_SERVER=172.18.36.64
rommon 7 > TFTP_FILE=c7200-advsecurityk9-mz.150-1.M5.bin
rommon 8 > tftpdnld

monitor: command "tftpdnld" not found
rommon 9 >

 

[cflcrosland]

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps359/products_tech_note09186a00800a750e.shtml

This link may be of some help but this section might make your heart sink



Use Another Router to Get a Valid Cisco IOS Software Image into the PCMCIA Card

In the event that you have another similar router, or at least one other router which has a compatible PCMCIA flash card filesystem (see PCMCIA Filesystem Compatibility Matrix), you can use that Flash card to recover the router.
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If both routers are identical (in the same series), you can use the Flash card from the other router to boot the one you want to recover. You can then download a valid image the normal way. 7500 routers run their Cisco IOS Software from dynamic RAM (DRAM), so you can remove a PCMCIA card while the router is running.

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If both routers are different, but have a compatible PCMCIA Flash card filesystem, you can use the other router to load a Cisco IOS Software image into a Flash card which you can then move to the router you are trying to recover.

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If you don't have another PCMCIA card on a similar router, the only option is the Return Materials Authorization (RMA).

 

[Almin]

well... I tried that link before and it dosent work. I guess the only thing left to do is send the flash down to our DC and see if I can copy the IOS image from another similar router.... if not it will be a great foot rest!!!!

Thanks for the help