Trouble loading an IOS

peanutnoggin

Hi TechExams Forum members...

I have a CISCO 2501 I'm attempting to setup in my home lab. Once I hyperterm to the router I receive the following:

"System Bootstrap, Version 5.2(5), RELEASE SOFTWARE
Copyright (c) 1986-1994 by cisco Systems

Bad memory - wrote zero, read 0x08000080 at location 0x00000010"

The system will hang there... I've let it sit for appx 15 minutes. Is there something I can do to remedy this problem. I have a few different IOS on a TFTP server, but I cannot get into the router to configure the eth 0 interface. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Also... this router worked about 3 months ago or so when I last booted into it, but I hadn't booted it up since.

~Peanut Head

hodgey87

hi,

to load an ios via tftp get into rommon mode via ctrl + break

http://helpdesk.tipg.net/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=1

then use the address above and this will walk u through it

cheers

tiersten

Bad RAM?

Open it up and reseat the memory. If it still doesn't work and you have another 2500 you can swap the RAM to see if it helps or not.

peanutnoggin

Thanks for the help... but it turned out to be that the RAM needed to be reseated... I'm in there now! Thanks guys...

~Peanut Head