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Start-up mem Problem
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| Hey guys,
This is somewhat a stupid question, a rookie one that I should know but unfortunately I don't know...
I've been configuring my router without a problem. At last I save the configuration using the "copy run start" command to save the configuration to "start-up" memory. When I turn the switch off and back on again, for some reasons I lost all my configuration.
Can anyone advise what I should do? Every time I boot up my router, the router asks me to begin the initial configuration dialog... this is somewhat frustrating because I end up losing all my configuration.
Please advise. Please.
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| Yankee 2002-07-15, 2:56 am |
| do a "sh ver" and see what your config-register is set to. Probably need to change it to 0x2102 in the config mode.
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| The router has 0x2142 config-reg. How do I change this number to 0x2142? Thanks, | |
| ciscoteacher 2002-07-15, 10:53 am |
| Use the "config-register" command in global config. | |
| marathoner 2002-07-15, 11:55 am |
| Your lovely config was not lost. You just had your router set to not use it.
Here is the page I made to help my mates with this after spending a couple hours going through exactly what you describe.
http://www.navehumor.com/ciscopwrec.html
We even had the cisco pw recovery page open while we were doing it, we were just a pack of drooling idiots who were in such a hurry to get onto something more interesting that we all just assumed that the other people had grokked the doc...the danger of working in groups 
It is a mistake I will NEVER repeat as long as I live, that's the ONE good thing about learning things the hard way. | |
| SureshHomepage 2002-07-21, 5:48 am |
| Hi,
I faced with the same kind of problem with one of my 2501, the start up config never gets retained upon power-cycle the router.
I just flipped the cisco site and did a trick...they actually referred this for a RSM switch. While your router boots up...hit the ctrl+break key to get into the RMON mode (actually '>' prompt in 2501) and change the config reg value as 0x10F.
Now restart the router. Now get into the config t mode change the reg value back as 0x2102.
It should be okay upon another power cycle now.
It really worked for me. |
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