(boot)

Darthn3ss

whats up with that?

my 2509 works fine, but when i power it on and telnet/console to it the hostname is hostname(boot)... whats up with that? :P

jabb000

That means the router booted up using the boot image.

mikej412

Do a show version and check the value of your configuration register.

If that's 0x2102, then do a dir flash: and make sure you have an IOS image.

It looks like you've booted into the limited function IOS that's built into the BIOS of the 2500s

jabb000

Were you trying to update the IOS?

jabb000

Have you tried erasing the startup config?
router#erase start

then issue the command
router#reload

the router will then ask if you want to save any changes made. answer with "no" and then continue with the reload. That should take care of your problem. If not, then you might have to reload the IOS by TFTP.

jabb000

Or one more thing you could do........

let it boot to router<boot>. then erase flash and nvram. reboot and go into rommon and issue the command "confreg 0x2102"

then reboot

it will start in router<boot> again

go ahead and configure the ethernet port on the router and then issue the command " copy tftp flash" put in the IP address of your tftp server

then type in the name of your IOS image: example- c1600-k8ojb-mz.122-15.T16.bin .

then you should be good to go

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