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Monday, August 31, 2009

Download Cisco IOS Image

Download Cisco IOS Image Using the Boot Image from a Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) Server

There is only one way to install an image on the 2500, 3000, AS5100, or uBR900 Series Routers if the main Cisco IOS software has been deleted or corrupted. You must use its boot image.

Since you have already determined that the cause of the router booting up in ROMmon is not due to the configuration register value, the only option available for recovery is to re-install or upgrade the Cisco IOS software from a TFTP server using the built-in boot image (Rx-boot) in ROM.

To get into the Rx-boot mode or boot image, do the following:

  1. If the rommon prompt is "rommon # >", type:

    rommon 1 > confreg 0x2101

    You must reset or power cycle the router for the new configuration to take effect:

    rommon 2>reset
    System Bootstrap, Version 12.0(6r)T3, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Copyright (c) 1999 by cisco Systems, Inc.
    UBR924 platform with 16384 Kbytes of main memory.......................
  2. If the rommon prompt is ">", type:

    >o/r 0x2101         
    >i
    System Bootstrap, Version 11.0(10c)XB2, RELEASE SOFTWARE
    Copyright (c) 1986-1994 by cisco Systems
    2500 processor with 16384 Kbytes of main memory

    Restricted Rights Legend

    Use, duplication, or ................


    !--- Output suppressed


    .............16384K bytes of processor board System flash (Read/Write)

    Press RETURN to get started!

    hostname(boot)>

    Notice that the prompt is now "router (boot)>", confirming that the router has booted up using the boot image.

    Note: If the router boots up in ROMmon again, most likely the boot image is corrupt or missing and the only way to recover is by replacing the processor board System Flash or hardware.

  3. The next step is to upgrade the Cisco IOS software as follows:

    hostname(boot)>enable
    hostname(boot)#copy tftp flash
    System flash directory:
    File Length Name/status

    1 2416128 c2500-is-l.123-1a.bin [invalid checksum]

    [2416192 bytes used, 14361024 available, 16777216 total]
    Address or name of remote host [255.255.255.255]? 172.16.1.2
    Source file name? c2500-is-l.123-1a.bin
    Destination file name [c2500-is-l.123-1a.bin]?
    Accessing file 'c2500-is-l.123-1a.bin' on 172.16.1.2...
    Loading c2500-is-l.123-1a.bin from 172.16.1.2 (via Ethernet0): ! [OK]

    Erase flash device before writing? [confirm]


    !--- Press Enter to confirm


    Flash contains files. Are you sure you want to erase? [confirm]


    !--- Press Enter to confirm


    Copy 'c2500-is-l.123-1a.bin' from server
    as 'c2500-is-l.123-1a.bin' into Flash WITH erase? [yes/no]yes
    Erasing device... eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
    ee ...erased
    Loading c2500-is-l.123-1a.bin from 172.16.1.2 (via Ethernet0): !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


    !--- Output suppressed


    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    [OK - 16294764/16777216 bytes]

    Verifying checksum... OK (0x96AA)
    Flash copy took 0:08:23 [hh:mm:ss]
    hostname(boot)#
  4. Use the show flash command to verify the newly-loaded Cisco IOS image version.

    hostname(boot)#show flash

    System flash directory:
    File Length Name/status
    1 16294764 c2500-is-l.123-1a.bin
    [16294828 bytes used, 482388 available, 16777216 total]
    16384K bytes of processor board System flash (Read/Write)
    hostname(boot)#
  5. After successfully copying the Cisco IOS image to the router, make sure that you change the configuration register back to 0x2102 and reload the router to boot from the Cisco IOS image.

    hostname(boot)(config)#config-register 0x2102
    hostname(boot)#reload
    System configuration has been modified. Save? [yes/no]: no
    Proceed with reload? [confirm]


    !--- Press Enter to confirm


    *Mar 1 00:12:58.463: %SYS-5-RELOAD: Reload requested
    System Bootstrap, Version 11.0(10c)XB2, PLATFORM SPECIFIC RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

    Copyright (c) 1986-2003 by cisco Systems
    2500 processor with 14336 Kbytes of main memory

    F3: 15405292+889440+952984 at 0x3000060


    !--- Output suppressed



    Press RETURN to get started!

    hostname>
  6. Use the show version command to verify the configuration register value and the newly-loaded Cisco IOS image version.

    hostname>show version
    Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
    IOS (tm) 2500 Software (C2500-IS-L), Version 12.3(1a), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
    Copyright (c) 1986-2003 by cisco Systems, Inc.
    Compiled Fri 06-Jun-03 07:46 by dchih
    Image text-base: 0x0307F6E8, data-base: 0x00001000

    ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 11.0(10c)XB2, PLATFORM SPECIFIC RELEASE SOFTWARE
    (fc1)
    BOOTLDR: 3000 Bootstrap Software (IGS-BOOT-R), Version 11.0(10c)XB2, PLATFORM SP
    ECIFIC RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

    Router uptime is 2 minutes
    System returned to ROM by reload
    System image file is "flash:c2500-is-l.123-1a.bin"

    cisco 2500 (68030) processor (revision L) with 14336K/2048K bytes of memory.
    Processor board ID 13587050, 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.
    16384K bytes of processor board System flash (Read ONLY)

    Configuration register is 0x2102

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