Cisco C3524XL not booting

jamieparks · 02-22-2009, 11:31 AM

Hay,

I have a Cisco C3524XL I have just purchased for use in a home lab.

I turned it on, and it worked fine, but when I saved some config and rebooted it, it will not boot.

i have started it in the boot loader menu (hold down the mode button at power up) and tried to delete the config file, but it says permission denied. I have then erased the flash and used xmodem to copy over the IOS, and it booted fine again. But as soon as i saved some config it failed to boot again, so i guess there’s something wrong with the NVRAM.

Does anyone have any suggests? I have a copied below a copy of the output, after the last line, nothing happens, have left it for over an hour now.

If anyone can offer any advice I would really appreciate it.

Quote:

C3500XL Boot Loader (C3500-HBOOT-M) Version 11.2(8.2)SA6, MAINTENANCE INTERIM SOFTWARE
Compiled Wed 23-Jun-99 18:46 by boba
starting...
Base ethernet MAC Address: 00:b0:64:65:b0:00
Xmodem file system is available.
Initializing Flash...
flashfs[0]: 2 files, 1 directories
flashfs[0]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories
flashfs[0]: Total bytes: 3612672
flashfs[0]: Bytes used: 1814016
flashfs[0]: Bytes available: 1798656
flashfs[0]: flashfs fsck took 3 seconds.
...done Initializing Flash.
Boot Sector Filesystem (bs:) installed, fsid: 3
Parameter Block Filesystem (pb:) installed, fsid: 4
Loading "flash:c3500xl-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC13.bin"...##################################################
####################################################################################################
###########################

File "flash:c3500xl-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC13.bin" uncompressed and installed, entry point: 0x3000
executing...

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cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, California 95134-1706

Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) C3500XL Software (C3500XL-C3H2S-M), Version 12.0(5)WC13, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 1986-2005 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Tue 20-Sep-05 10:05 by antonino
Image text-base: 0x00003000, data-base: 0x00351FFC

Initializing C3500XL flash...
flashfs[1]: 2 files, 1 directories
flashfs[1]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories
flashfs[1]: Total bytes: 3612672
flashfs[1]: Bytes used: 1814016
flashfs[1]: Bytes available: 1798656
flashfs[1]: flashfs fsck took 3 seconds.
flashfs[1]: Initialization complete.
...done Initializing C3500XL flash.
C3500XL POST: System Board Test: Passed
C3500XL POST: Daughter Card Test: Passed
C3500XL POST: CPU Buffer Test: Passed
C3500XL POST: CPU Notify RAM Test: Passed
C3500XL POST: CPU Interface Test: Passed
C3500XL POST: Testing Switch Core: Passed
C3500XL POST: Testing Buffer Table: Passed
C3500XL POST: Data Buffer Test: Passed
C3500XL POST: Configuring Switch Parameters: Passed
C3500XL POST: Ethernet Controller Test: Passed
C3500XL POST: MII Test: Passed
cisco WS-C3524-XL (PowerPC403) processor (revision 0x01) with 8192K/1024K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID FAA0402F0L4, with hardware revision 0x00
Last reset from power-on

Processor is running Enterprise Edition Software
Cluster command switch capable
Cluster member switch capable
24 FastEthernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
2 Gigabit Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)

32K bytes of flash-simulated non-volatile configuration memory.
Base ethernet MAC Address: 00:B0:64:65:B0:00
Motherboard assembly number: 73-3904-08
Power supply part number: 34-0851-02
Motherboard serial number: FAA03529CJA
Power supply serial number: PAC032600NY
Model revision number: A0
Model number: WS-C3524-XL-A
System serial number: FAA0402F0L4

**djaburg** · 02-25-2009, 08:13 PM

I send it in for repair as it could be damaged.

**bilbus** · 03-02-2009, 06:15 AM

is your ios larger then the vram? How big is the ios image?

I have seen problems where it wont boot because you loaded the ios via tftp boot.

jamieparks · 03-03-2009, 01:01 AM

size of the IOS is fine, its not bigger than the flash.

ios is saved to the flash, not loaded via TFTP.

As i say, it loads fine without any config saved, or a very minimal config, but as soon as i start to increase it, it wont load on reboot.

02-25-2009, 08:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
djaburg TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,322 OS: XP SP3/Vista/7 Server 2K/2K3/2K8	Re: Cisco C3524XL not booting I send it in for repair as it could be damaged. __________________ Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done. The inherent vice of capitalism is the uneven division of blessings, while the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal division of misery.

03-02-2009, 06:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
bilbus TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 949 OS: OS2 Warp	Re: Cisco C3524XL not booting is your ios larger then the vram? How big is the ios image? I have seen problems where it wont boot because you loaded the ios via tftp boot.

03-03-2009, 01:01 AM	#4 (permalink)
jamieparks Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2 OS: Windows Vista	Re: Cisco C3524XL not booting size of the IOS is fine, its not bigger than the flash. ios is saved to the flash, not loaded via TFTP. As i say, it loads fine without any config saved, or a very minimal config, but as soon as i start to increase it, it wont load on reboot.