can't get into rom monitor on 3640 router

i think that my ios is corrupted, was trying to re-install via tftp. but it seems like the router is looping at the system bootstrap, this is the output:

System Bootstrap, Version 11.1(20)AA2, EARLY DEPLOYMENT RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 1999 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
C3600 processor with 131072 Kbytes of main memory
Main memory is configured to 64 bit mode with parity disabled

Error: uncompressed image checksum is incorrect oxD73D9780
***Expected a checksum of 0xBB67C990

***System received a software forced crash***
signal=0x17, code=09, context=08x000ec80
PC=0x800080d4, Cause=0x20, Status Reg=0x3041f003

the router went to the "rommom 1>" prompt once, but now can't get to it again. any ideas?

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Comments

kalebksp

Press the Pause/Break key when you first power it on (sometimes you have to hit it a few times).

romulus03

tried that, it's not working

romulus03

i finally got it, i had been trying pause/break, ctrl/break, break, pause.......there is a little "fn"(function i presume) key on my keyboard. i pressed fn/break and it worked. thanks

tiersten

romulus03 wrote: »

i finally got it, i had been trying pause/break, ctrl/break, break, pause.......there is a little "fn"(function i presume) key on my keyboard. i pressed fn/break and it worked. thanks

Laptop keyboards FTL.

I've seen PC keyboards that they cheaped out on by removing a bunch of keys and changing it to a Fn combo like what you had to do.