device does not contain a valid magic number??!!!

[zola343]

Hi there,

I wake up with the following error message on my CISCO router 806.
I don't understand what the problem.
Can anyone help?

----Error Message-----

device does not contain a valid magic number
boot: cannot open "flash:"
boot: cannot determine first file name on device "flash:"ú
System Bootstrap, Version 12.2(4r)XM3, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
TAC Support:

http://www.cisco.com/tac

Copyright (c) 2002 by cisco Systems, Inc.
C800/SOHO series (Board ID: 17-100) platform with 32768 Kbytes of main memory

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

System Bootstrap, Version 12.2(4r)XM3, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
TAC Support:

http://www.cisco.com/tac

Copyright (c) 2002 by cisco Systems, Inc.
C800/SOHO series (Board ID: 17-100) platform with 32768 Kbytes of main memory
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[rudeboy]

It seems that the flash is not valid. You probably have to get a working flash from rommon mode.