[c-nsp] FATAL SYSTEM ERROR on Catalyst 3100

[Kris Boulez]

Dear,

I "inherited" an abandoned Catalyst 3100 which I want to use in the
network of my son's school. When I boot the machine I get the
following on the console

BootStrap Firmware v2.0, Copyright 1996
- Initiating bootstrapping sequence.
- Boot image integrity check...Passed.
- Control transferred to boot process.
                                                                                
Boot Firmware (Phase II) v2.0
- Relocating main image to
DRAM.................................................- Main image
integrity check...succeeded.
- Control transferred to main process.
                                                                                
System Software Version 2.2(2), Copyright 1994-1997.
System started on Thu. November 25, 2004  15:13:51
8 Megabytes System memory
2 Megabytes Network memory
- Initialization started
-o File system in- System temperature is within safe operating levels
- Checking file system integrity
- Coldboot initialization started
- LAN ports detected:
  - 10Base-T  : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
- CPU Network memory test...Passed
- Initializing Ports: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 4- Initializing system address table
- Starting Power Up Diagnostics test
  - UART loopback test on diagnostic port...Passed
  - UART loopback test on console port...Passed
  - RTC memory test...Passed
  - Real Time Clock test...Passed
  - CPU loopback test...WARNING: Network transmit interrupt not received.
WARNING: Network transmit interrupt not received.
WARNING: Network receive interrupt not received.
FATAL SYSTEM ERROR: Packet dropped due to data error: expected 248010,
received0Packet dropped due to data error: expected 248010, received 0


Whenever I hit enter I get another of these lines "Packet dropped
...". Anyone knows what can be done about this ?

My son (and the rest of the school will be thankfull).

Kris Boulez,