Cisco 1601 router config question

[techie211]

hey all, I'm hoping someone can explain to me what some lines in the config below mean. The one that starts with;
a) 1 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s) Unrecognized interface...
Someone at work ran the 'erase flash' and 'erase start-up', I think those are rite, to remove any previous configuration. I know this router has a serial port. Are all the ports functional? How can I tell? Thanks for any input.

-j

Router(boot)>sh ver
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software IOS (tm) 1600 Software (C1600-RBOOT-R), Version 12.0(3)T, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

Copyright (c) 1986-1999 by cisco Systems, Inc. Compiled Mon 22-Feb-99 23:05 by ccai Image text-base: 0x04020060, data-base: 0x02005000


ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 12.0(3)T, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)


Router uptime is 1 minute System restarted by power-on System image file is "bootflash:"


cisco 1601 (68360) processor (revision C) with 9728K/512K bytes of memory.


Processor board ID 16986396, with hardware revision 00000002


1 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s) Unrecognized interface found (0-1 = Motherboard interfaces 2 = WIC)
Interface 1 unrecognized by boothelper System/IO memory with parity disabled 8192K bytes of DRAM onboard 2048K bytes of DRAM on SIMM


System running from ROM 8K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.


4096K bytes of processor board PCMCIA flash (Read/Write)


Configuration register is 0x2102

 

[jimmyzz]

"erase start" removes your startup file from NVRAM.
"erase falsh" deletes your IOS file (ie.. your routers operating system). If you don't have an IOS to load, the router loads a basic bootstrap, or go into ROMMON mode which is not capable of identifing additional interfaces. In these modes, there are limited commands which allow you to recover/reload the IOS back into flash. So the bottom line is you need to download another IOS to your router. I hope you have a backup copy of the IOS, or have access to the Cisco CCO download area.

JimmyZ