Cisco 2504 Boot problems 1

[edthebear]

I'm trying to install new flash in a 2504 but am getting the following 2 error messages. The router is connected to nothing other than the console cable and PC.
Any advice would be appreciated.

%SYS-4-CONFIG_NEWER: Configurations from version 11.2 may not be correctly under
stood.
Loading cisco2-2500 ..
%TR-3-OPENFAIL: Unit 0, open failed: Lobe Test, failed. [timed out]

File read failed -- Time out
System Bootstrap, Version 11.0(10c)XB1, PLATFORM SPECIFIC RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

Copyright (c) 1986-1997 by cisco Systems
2500 processor with 14336 Kbytes of main memory

 

[thethmon]

The first error message is fairly common. What it is saying is that the NVRAM configuration shows version 11.2 was used to create the configuration and the bootrom is not 11.2. Nothing to worry about as long as you have IOS ov 11.2 or above loading. Otherwise, any features added in 11.2 that are not in the IOS version you load will be removed from the configuration.

The second error message is a normal token-ring error message. What it is saying is that it tried to initialize the token-ring interface but failed. This is normal if nothing is connected to the token-ring interface, but the interface is 'no shut' in the configuration. Todd Hethmon
thethmon@hethmon.com

 

[ccbootcamp]

Break the bootup sequence, change the config-reg to 0x141, clear the nvram, and re-load the IOS on the router (if you dont have a token ring nic in your PC, use another router as the tftp server and send the image via serial).

The "File read failed -- Time out" error could be a configuration issue where the router is trying to boot via a TFTP server that it can not access. Just my quick guess.

-Brad

http://www.ccbootcamp.com