By connecting to the router with *just* the management cable, I get the *hello! prompt. It then goes to check the CBOS which seems alright. The initialization fails when it checks for the custom config flash. The only commands it is recognizing are *reboot *stats and *quit. These commands return a string of hex characters. I may have to try hot-swapping the flash chip. Any words of advice? On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 12:47:04PM -0500, Bill Layer wrote: > Ugly.. I have a 678 here that is also b0rked from a bad upgrade ala Qwest > technical support. > > Can you get any kind of response from it, if you have the serial > management cable hooked up? If so, we can probably boot it to the ROM > monitor and recover. Else, you are in rough shape. > > I do have an additional suggestion; open the 675 up (the screws are hidden > beneath the rubber stick-on feet) and look to see if the flash memory chip > is socketed.. if it is, we can try a little hot-plug black magic. It might > be possible to boot it with a flash chip from a good unit (mine, for > instance) then pull the flash chip out, plug your corrupt flash chip in > and run a CBOS flash upgrade. This *does* work with PC BIOS chips, I see > no reason it would not work with a sockect flash memory in a 675. > > Hoping, > > > -.bill.layer.- > > -.those who are talking don't know, and those who know aren't talking.- > > -.frogtown.- -.minnesota.- -.u.s.a.- > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Thanks, Spencer J Sinn