[nsp] Boot 3620 from tftp

Konstantin Barinov sbr at infonet.ee
Thu Jul 1 11:59:21 EDT 2004


It does not work, thats why I asked for help.


br
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Konstantin Barinov
INFONET AS, Tallinn, Estonia

Thursday, July 1, 2004, 4:30:20 PM, you wrote:

TM> Why don't tou try

TM> boot system tftp://10.0.0.2/c3620-ix-mz.123-9.bin

TM> ?

TM> Konstantin Barinov wrote:

>> Hi,
>> 
>> Maybe anybody knows, why 3620 does not want to boot from tftp?
>> Tried everything possible, no effect. At the same time, I have
>> plenty of 26** and 25** boxes booting from same tftp server, no problems.
>> 
>> Details:
>> 
>> ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 11.1(17)AA
>> 3620 with single f0/0 port. No internal flash: simm, 8M card in slot0:
>> 
>> f0/0 and tftp in same subnet. It boots fine from slot0:
>> 
>> in config:
>> boot system tftp ios/c3620-ix-mz.123-9.bin 10.0.0.2
>> 
>> 
>> manual from rommon:
>> 
>> rommon 1 > boot ios/c3620-ix-mz.123-9.bin 10.0.0.2
>> bus error while trying to access flash - addr = 0x30000000
>> cannot read flash info
>> getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero
>> bus error while trying to access flash - addr = 0x30000000
>> cannot read flash info
>> getdevnum warning: device "flash" has size of zero
>> open: read error...requested 0x4 bytes, got 0x0
>> trouble reading device magic number
>> boot: cannot open "flash:"
>> an alternate boot helper program is not specified
>> (monitor variable "BOOTLDR" is not set)
>> and unable to determine first file in bootflash
>> loadprog: error - on file open
>> boot: cannot load "ios/c3620-ix-mz.123-9.bin 10.0.0.2"
>> 
>> 
>> I see here, it does not even try to contact tftp server.
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> 
>> br
>> --
>> Konstantin Barinov
>> INFONET AS, Tallinn, Estonia
>> 
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