show run do not work

this old router I just got from friend of mine, show run is NOT working..

Can someone tell me how I can go about troubleshooting this?

Router#show running-config
^
% Invalid input detected at '^' marker.

Router#sh run
^
% Invalid input detected at '^' marker.

Router#sh ver
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) 3000 Software (IGS-IN-L), Version 10.2(11), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 1986-1995 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Tue 02-Jan-96 19:22 by mkamson
Image text-base: 0x0301C094, data-base: 0x00001000

ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 5.2(5), RELEASE SOFTWARE
ROM: 3000 Bootstrap Software (IGS-RXBOOT), Version 10.2(5), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

Router uptime is 2 minutes
System restarted by reload
System image file is "flash:igs-in-l.102-11.bin", booted via flash

cisco 2500 (68030) processor (revision D) with 4096K/2048K bytes of memory.
Processor board serial number 01892525 with hardware revision 00000000
X.25 software, Version 2.0, NET2, BFE and GOSIP compliant.
2 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interfaces.
2 Serial network interfaces.
32K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
4096K bytes of processor board System flash (Read ONLY)

Configuration register is 0x2102

Router#sh ru?
% Unrecognized command
Router#show ru?
% Unrecognized command
Router#show ru

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Comments

mikej412

convenientstore wrote:

Router#sh ver
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) 3000 Software (IGS-IN-L), Version 10.2(11), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

Try write terminal
or ?
to see what commands are available in that old relic of an IOS version

If that isn't it -- then there may be something in the configuration....

DirtySouth

Yah, I'd be curious to see what "sh ?" or "show ?" would do.

david_r

try show configuration. UniversCD has 10.3 documentation.

cambei

^^
What he said.

Thats the command I use on my 4000m which is running version 9.x of IOS!!

I really need an upgraded IOS for it as it now has an NP-4t so would make a rocking Frame Switch but the IOS version on it does not support Frame Switch commands. Anyone help with this???

convenientstore

GREAT!!!

so this is matter of upgrading memory so that I can up the IOS..

thank you so much!!!

Router#show configuration
Using 337 out of 32762 bytes
!
version 10.2
service udp-small-servers
service tcp-small-servers
!
hostname Router
!
!
!
interface Ethernet0
no ip address
shutdown
!
interface Ethernet1
no ip address
shutdown
!
interface Serial0
no ip address
shutdown
!
interface Serial1
no ip address
shutdown
!
!
line con 0
line aux 0
transport input all
line vty 0 4
login
!
end