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From: terrydoc on 21 May 2010 06:13
I appear to be totally stuck with a 3725. My compact flash is missing
- there is no image in flash and ROMMON doesn't have a TFTPDNLD
command.
I tried to boot from tftp - that failed as well...

rommon 9 > DEFAULT_GATEWAY=10.1.1.1
rommon 10 > TFTP_SERVER=10.1.1.1
rommon 11 > TFTP_FILE=c3725-advipservicesk9-mz.124-11.XW7.bin
rommon 12 > tftpdnld -r
monitor: command "tftpdnld" not found

rommon 13 > boot c3725-advipservicesk9-mz.124-11.XW7.bin 10.1.1.1
program load complete, entry point: 0x80008000, size: 0xb2a0
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 "c3725-advipservicesk9-mz.124-11.XW7.bin 10.1.1.1"
rommon 14 >
rommon 14 >
rommon 14 >
rommon 14 >
rommon 14 > ?
alias set and display aliases command
boot boot up an external process
break set/show/clear the breakpoint
confreg configuration register utility
cont continue executing a downloaded image
context display the context of a loaded image
cookie display contents of motherboard cookie PROM in hex
dev list the device table
dir list files in file system
dis disassemble instruction stream
dnld serial download a program module
frame print out a selected stack frame
help monitor builtin command help
history monitor command history
iomemdef set IO mem to a default 25%
meminfo main memory information
repeat repeat a monitor command
reset system reset
rommon-pref Select ROMMON
set display the monitor variables
showmon display currently selected ROM monitor
stack produce a stack trace
sync write monitor environment to NVRAM
sysret print out info from last system return
unalias unset an alias
unset unset a monitor variable
xmodem x/ymodem image download
rommon 15 >
I have a new compact flash card that I need to format and then get an
IOS image on to it but where to next ?
From: brink on 21 May 2010 08:35
On May 21, 12:13 pm, "terry...(a)o2.ie" <terry...(a)o2.ie> wrote:
> I appear to be totally stuck with a 3725. My compact flash is missing
> - there is no image in flash and ROMMON doesn't have a TFTPDNLD
> command.
...
> I have a new compact flash card that I need to format and then get an
> IOS image on to it but where to next ?

After that you go to the cisco site and look up this document :
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps274/products_tech_note09186a008009429f.shtml
which tells you how to use the flash card. Do read the compatibilty
note.

luck, Frans
From: Doug McIntyre on 21 May 2010 08:40
"terrydoc(a)o2.ie" <terrydoc(a)o2.ie> writes:
>I appear to be totally stuck with a 3725. My compact flash is missing
>- there is no image in flash and ROMMON doesn't have a TFTPDNLD
>command.
>I tried to boot from tftp - that failed as well...

>rommon 9 > DEFAULT_GATEWAY=10.1.1.1
>rommon 10 > TFTP_SERVER=10.1.1.1
>rommon 11 > TFTP_FILE=c3725-advipservicesk9-mz.124-11.XW7.bin
>rommon 12 > tftpdnld -r
>monitor: command "tftpdnld" not found

Right, the 3725 doesn't have tftpdnld.. It has xmodem though!
If all else fails, jack the console baud rate up to 115,200, and
xmodem in the smallest IOS image you can find. It might complete
in 4-5 hours for you... Depending on size of course. This is not
going to complete quickly.

There's been way too many 36xx routers I've had to recover for people
using xmodem boot. I honestly don't know why they didn't fix that for
the 37xx routers. :(


The TFTP boot line here is probably your best bet to troubleshoot..

>rommon 13 > boot c3725-advipservicesk9-mz.124-11.XW7.bin 10.1.1.1
>program load complete, entry point: 0x80008000, size: 0xb2a0
>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 "c3725-advipservicesk9-mz.124-11.XW7.bin 10.1.1.1"

Maybe throw a '-v' on the end of the line to see verbose error
messages to see what is going on?

Hmm, reading up on the process here..

http://www.ciscopowerednetwork.net/en/US/docs/routers/access/3700/hardware/installation/guide/3700appB.html

It seems a TFTP boot always needs to have something in CompactFlash to
start booting from and then loads the real IOS you want via TFTP.

I'd have to say that xmodem'ing in the smallest IOS in is your best bet.
From: terrydoc on 21 May 2010 16:32
On May 21, 1:40 pm, Doug McIntyre <mer...(a)geeks.org> wrote:
> "terry...(a)o2.ie" <terry...(a)o2.ie> writes:
> >I appear to be totally stuck with a 3725. My compact flash is missing
> >- there is no image in flash and ROMMON doesn't have a TFTPDNLD
> >command.
> >I tried to boot from tftp - that failed as well...
> >rommon 9 > DEFAULT_GATEWAY=10.1.1.1
> >rommon 10 > TFTP_SERVER=10.1.1.1
> >rommon 11 > TFTP_FILE=c3725-advipservicesk9-mz.124-11.XW7.bin
> >rommon 12 > tftpdnld -r
> >monitor: command "tftpdnld" not found
>
> Right, the 3725 doesn't have tftpdnld.. It has xmodem though!
> If all else fails, jack the console baud rate up to 115,200, and
> xmodem in the smallest IOS image you can find. It might complete
> in 4-5 hours for you... Depending on size of course. This is not
> going to complete quickly.
>
> There's been way too many 36xx routers I've had to recover for people
> using xmodem boot. I honestly don't know why they didn't fix that for
> the 37xx routers. :(
>
> The TFTP boot line here is probably your best bet to troubleshoot..
>
> >rommon 13 > boot c3725-advipservicesk9-mz.124-11.XW7.bin 10.1.1.1
> >program load complete, entry point: 0x80008000, size: 0xb2a0
> >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 "c3725-advipservicesk9-mz.124-11.XW7.bin 10.1.1.1"
>
> Maybe throw a '-v' on the end of the line to see verbose error
> messages to see what is going on?
>
> Hmm, reading up on the process here..
>
> http://www.ciscopowerednetwork.net/en/US/docs/routers/access/3700/har...
>
> It seems a TFTP boot always needs to have something in CompactFlash to
> start booting from and then loads the real IOS you want via TFTP.
>
> I'd have to say that xmodem'ing in the smallest IOS in is your best bet.

Thanks - will try the xmodem solution...
From: terrydoc on 24 May 2010 05:57
On 21 May, 13:40, Doug McIntyre <mer...(a)geeks.org> wrote:
> "terry...(a)o2.ie" <terry...(a)o2.ie> writes:
> >I appear to be totally stuck with a 3725. My compact flash is missing
> >- there is no image in flash and ROMMON doesn't have a TFTPDNLD
> >command.
> >I tried to boot from tftp - that failed as well...
> >rommon 9 > DEFAULT_GATEWAY=10.1.1.1
> >rommon 10 > TFTP_SERVER=10.1.1.1
> >rommon 11 > TFTP_FILE=c3725-advipservicesk9-mz.124-11.XW7.bin
> >rommon 12 > tftpdnld -r
> >monitor: command "tftpdnld" not found
>
> Right, the 3725 doesn't have tftpdnld.. It has xmodem though!
> If all else fails, jack the console baud rate up to 115,200, and
> xmodem in the smallest IOS image you can find. It might complete
> in 4-5 hours for you... Depending on size of course. This is not
> going to complete quickly.
>
> There's been way too many 36xx routers I've had to recover for people
> using xmodem boot. I honestly don't know why they didn't fix that for
> the 37xx routers. :(
>
> The TFTP boot line here is probably your best bet to troubleshoot..
>
> >rommon 13 > boot c3725-advipservicesk9-mz.124-11.XW7.bin 10.1.1.1
> >program load complete, entry point: 0x80008000, size: 0xb2a0
> >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 "c3725-advipservicesk9-mz.124-11.XW7.bin 10.1.1.1"
>
> Maybe throw a '-v' on the end of the line to see verbose error
> messages to see what is going on?
>
> Hmm, reading up on the process here..
>
> http://www.ciscopowerednetwork.net/en/US/docs/routers/access/3700/har...
>
> It seems a TFTP boot always needs to have something in CompactFlash to
> start booting from and then loads the real IOS you want via TFTP.
>
> I'd have to say that xmodem'ing in the smallest IOS in is your best bet.

Unfortunately I'm now having trouble with XModem

Firstly tried to load c3725-advipservicesk9-mz.124-11.XW7.bin
(43948KB) but kept getting "BB0
ERR:File not a valid executable" erors. Then tried a smaller IOS image
c3725-ipbasek9-mz.124-15.T13.bin (20527KB)
but it is also throwing up the same message but also the error says it
is still expecting the original advipservicesk9-mz.124-11.XW7.bin
image...

rommon 16 >
rommon 16 > xmodem -r c3725-ipbasek9-mz.124-15.T13.bin
Do not start the sending program yet...

Invoke this application only for disaster recovery.
Do you wish to continue? y/n [n]: y
Ready to receive file c3725-advipservicesk9-mz.124-11.XW7.bin ...
BB0
ERR:File not a valid executable
rommon 17 > confreg
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