Odd problem on very old Cisco ios (OT)

["Mr. James W. Laferriere" <babydr () baby-dragons com>]

        Hello All, I have been unable to flash a C2501 running this
        (very old) version of IOS & the IOS even appears to be 
        in-apropriate for the device .  But it is for the correct cpu .
        PS: please point me at the Cisco maillist .  I'd rather post
        this there .  But seeing as how little I have been able to get
        out of Cisco on (some) matters I thought it better to ask those
        whom probably have run IOS code such as this . Tia, JimL

        I have attempted :

Silverdale#copy tftp flash
Copy aborted. Flash address space cannot be written to.

        Full copy of the startup messages & some other info that
        may / mat not help .

System Bootstrap, Version (3.3), SOFTWARE
Copyright (c) 1986-1993 by cisco Systems
2500 processor with 4096 Kbytes of main memory

Illegal Novell address
Unable to parse map address
Booting igs-bfpx.914-4.fc3 from Flash address space 
F3: 2220004+72336+271172 at 0x3000060

 ...snip...

3000 Software (IGS-BFPX), Version 9.14(4) fc3, RELEASE SOFTWARE
Copyright (c) 1986-1993 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Mon 13-Dec-93 17:20 by chansen


cisco 3000 (68030) processor (revision A) with 4096K/2048K bytes of memory.
Processor board serial number 01065926
DDN X.25 software, Version 2.0, NET2 and BFE compliant.
Bridging software.
SuperLAT software (copyright 1990 by Meridian Technology Corp).
1 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface.
2 Serial network interfaces.
32K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
4096K bytes of Flash address space sized on CPU board.


Press RETURN to get started!

%SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from memory by console ()
%SYS-5-RESTART: System restarted
%LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Ethernet0, changed state to up
%LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Serial0, changed state to administratively down
%LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Serial1, changed state to administratively down
Silverdale>en

Password: 
Silverdale#show flash
4096K bytes of Flash address space sized on CPU board.
Memory type is Flash.
File  name/status
 0  igs-bfpx.914-4.fc3  
 [1901868/4194304 bytes free/total]

Silverdale#show flash ?
4096K bytes of Flash address space sized on CPU board.
Memory type is Flash.
File  name/status
 0  igs-bfpx.914-4.fc3  
 [1901868/4194304 bytes free/total]

Silverdale#copy tftp flash
Copy aborted. Flash address space cannot be written to.

Silverdale#show version
3000 Software (IGS-BFPX), Version 9.14(4) fc3, RELEASE SOFTWARE
Copyright (c) 1986-1993 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Mon 13-Dec-93 17:20 by chansen

System Bootstrap, Version (3.3), SOFTWARE

Silverdale uptime is 3 minutes
System restarted by power-on
System image file is "igs-bfpx.914-4.fc3", booted via flash

cisco 3000 (68030) processor (revision A) with 4096K/2048K bytes of memory.
Processor board serial number 01065926
DDN X.25 software, Version 2.0, NET2 and BFE compliant.
Bridging software.
SuperLAT software (copyright 1990 by Meridian Technology Corp).
1 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface.
2 Serial network interfaces.
32K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
4096K bytes of Flash address space sized on CPU board.
Configuration register is 0x2102

Silverdale#show controller
LANCE unit 0, idb 0x59508, ds 0x5AC80, regaddr = 0x2130000, reset_mask 0x2
IB at 0x40D674: mode=0x0000, mcfilter 0000/0101/0000/4040
station address 0000.0c06.9c63  default station address 0000.0c06.9c63
buffer size 1524
RX ring with 16 entries at 0x40D6B8
Rxhead = 0x40D6B8 (0), Rxp = 0x5AC9C (0)
00 pak=0x40D824 ds=0x40D96E status=0x80 max_size=1524 pak_size=0
01 pak=0x40DFA8 ds=0x40E0F2 status=0x80 max_size=1524 pak_size=0
02 pak=0x40E72C ds=0x40E876 status=0x80 max_size=1524 pak_size=0
03 pak=0x40EEB0 ds=0x40EFFA status=0x80 max_size=1524 pak_size=0
04 pak=0x40F634 ds=0x40F77E status=0x80 max_size=1524 pak_size=0
05 pak=0x40FDB8 ds=0x40FF02 status=0x80 max_size=1524 pak_size=0
06 pak=0x41053C ds=0x410686 status=0x80 max_size=1524 pak_size=0
07 pak=0x410CC0 ds=0x410E0A status=0x80 max_size=1524 pak_size=0
08 pak=0x411444 ds=0x41158E status=0x80 max_size=1524 pak_size=0
09 pak=0x411BC8 ds=0x411D12 status=0x80 max_size=1524 pak_size=0
10 pak=0x41234C ds=0x412496 status=0x80 max_size=1524 pak_size=0
11 pak=0x412AD0 ds=0x412C1A status=0x80 max_size=1524 pak_size=0
12 pak=0x413254 ds=0x41339E status=0x80 max_size=1524 pak_size=0
13 pak=0x4139D8 ds=0x413B22 status=0x80 max_size=1524 pak_size=0
14 pak=0x41415C ds=0x4142A6 status=0x80 max_size=1524 pak_size=0
15 pak=0x4148E0 ds=0x414A2A status=0x80 max_size=1524 pak_size=0
TX ring with 4 entries at 0x40D770, tx_count = 0
tx_head = 0x40D778 (1), head_txp = 0x5ACF4 (1)
tx_tail = 0x40D778 (1), tail_txp = 0x5ACF4 (1)
00 pak=0x000000 ds=0x40D3CE status=0x43 status2=0x0000 pak_size=118
01 pak=0x000000 ds=0x40D3CE status=0x43 status2=0x0000 pak_size=118
02 pak=0x000000 ds=0x40D3CE status=0x43 status2=0x0000 pak_size=118
03 pak=0x000000 ds=0x40D3CE status=0x43 status2=0x0000 pak_size=118
0 missed datagrams, 0 overruns, 0 late collisions, 37 lost carrier events
0 transmitter underruns, 0 excessive collisions, 0 babbles
0 memory errors, 0 spurious initialization done interrupts
Lance csr0 = 0x73
HD unit 0, idb 0x5B570, ds 0x5CCE8
buffer size 1524  No DCE cable
cpb = 0x41, eda = 0xE850, cda = 0xE710
RX ring with 16 entries at 0x41E710
00 bd_ptr=0xE710 pak=0x41DF30 ds=0x41E084 status=80 pak_size=0
01 bd_ptr=0xE724 pak=0x41D7AC ds=0x41D900 status=80 pak_size=0
02 bd_ptr=0xE738 pak=0x41D028 ds=0x41D17C status=80 pak_size=0
03 bd_ptr=0xE74C pak=0x41C8A4 ds=0x41C9F8 status=80 pak_size=0
04 bd_ptr=0xE760 pak=0x41C120 ds=0x41C274 status=80 pak_size=0
05 bd_ptr=0xE774 pak=0x41B99C ds=0x41BAF0 status=80 pak_size=0
06 bd_ptr=0xE788 pak=0x41B218 ds=0x41B36C status=80 pak_size=0
07 bd_ptr=0xE79C pak=0x41AA94 ds=0x41ABE8 status=80 pak_size=0
08 bd_ptr=0xE7B0 pak=0x41A310 ds=0x41A464 status=80 pak_size=0
09 bd_ptr=0xE7C4 pak=0x419B8C ds=0x419CE0 status=80 pak_size=0
10 bd_ptr=0xE7D8 pak=0x419408 ds=0x41955C status=80 pak_size=0
11 bd_ptr=0xE7EC pak=0x418C84 ds=0x418DD8 status=80 pak_size=0
12 bd_ptr=0xE800 pak=0x418500 ds=0x418654 status=80 pak_size=0
13 bd_ptr=0xE814 pak=0x417D7C ds=0x417ED0 status=80 pak_size=0
14 bd_ptr=0xE828 pak=0x4175F8 ds=0x41774C status=80 pak_size=0
15 bd_ptr=0xE83C pak=0x416E74 ds=0x416FC8 status=80 pak_size=0
16 bd_ptr=0xE850 pak=0x4166F0 ds=0x416844 status=80 pak_size=0
cpb = 0x41, eda = 0xE9D8, cda = 0xE9D8
TX ring with 4 entries at 0x41E9D8
00 bd_ptr=0xE9D8 pak=0x000000 ds=0x000000 status=81 pak_size=0
01 bd_ptr=0xE9EC pak=0x000000 ds=0x000000 status=81 pak_size=0
02 bd_ptr=0xEA00 pak=0x000000 ds=0x000000 status=81 pak_size=0
03 bd_ptr=0xEA14 pak=0x000000 ds=0x000000 status=81 pak_size=0
04 bd_ptr=0xEA28 pak=0x000000 ds=0x000000 status=81 pak_size=0
0 missed datagrams, 0 overruns, 0 bad frame addresses
0 bad datagram encapsulations, 0 memory errors
0 transmitter underruns
HD unit 1, idb 0x5CD7C, ds 0x5E4F0
buffer size 1524  No DCE cable
cpb = 0x41, eda = 0xEDE0, cda = 0xECA0
RX ring with 16 entries at 0x41ECA0
00 bd_ptr=0xECA0 pak=0x415F6C ds=0x4160C0 status=80 pak_size=0
01 bd_ptr=0xECB4 pak=0x4157E8 ds=0x41593C status=80 pak_size=0
02 bd_ptr=0xECC8 pak=0x415064 ds=0x4151B8 status=80 pak_size=0
03 bd_ptr=0xECDC pak=0x406BF8 ds=0x406D4C status=80 pak_size=0
04 bd_ptr=0xECF0 pak=0x40737C ds=0x4074D0 status=80 pak_size=0
05 bd_ptr=0xED04 pak=0x407B00 ds=0x407C54 status=80 pak_size=0
06 bd_ptr=0xED18 pak=0x408284 ds=0x4083D8 status=80 pak_size=0
07 bd_ptr=0xED2C pak=0x408A08 ds=0x408B5C status=80 pak_size=0
08 bd_ptr=0xED40 pak=0x425BA8 ds=0x425CFC status=80 pak_size=0
09 bd_ptr=0xED54 pak=0x425424 ds=0x425578 status=80 pak_size=0
10 bd_ptr=0xED68 pak=0x424CA0 ds=0x424DF4 status=80 pak_size=0
11 bd_ptr=0xED7C pak=0x42451C ds=0x424670 status=80 pak_size=0
12 bd_ptr=0xED90 pak=0x423D98 ds=0x423EEC status=80 pak_size=0
13 bd_ptr=0xEDA4 pak=0x423614 ds=0x423768 status=80 pak_size=0
14 bd_ptr=0xEDB8 pak=0x422E90 ds=0x422FE4 status=80 pak_size=0
15 bd_ptr=0xEDCC pak=0x42270C ds=0x422860 status=80 pak_size=0
16 bd_ptr=0xEDE0 pak=0x421F88 ds=0x4220DC status=80 pak_size=0
cpb = 0x41, eda = 0xEF68, cda = 0xEF68
TX ring with 4 entries at 0x41EF68
00 bd_ptr=0xEF68 pak=0x000000 ds=0x000000 status=81 pak_size=0
01 bd_ptr=0xEF7C pak=0x000000 ds=0x000000 status=81 pak_size=0
02 bd_ptr=0xEF90 pak=0x000000 ds=0x000000 status=81 pak_size=0
03 bd_ptr=0xEFA4 pak=0x000000 ds=0x000000 status=81 pak_size=0
04 bd_ptr=0xEFB8 pak=0x000000 ds=0x000000 status=81 pak_size=0
0 missed datagrams, 0 overruns, 0 bad frame addresses
0 bad datagram encapsulations, 0 memory errors
0 transmitter underruns

Silverdale#show env

Silverdale#show stacks

Minimum process stacks:
Free/Size  Name
 670/1000  Init
 962/1000  MOP Protocols

Interrupt level stacks:
Level    Called Free/Size  Name
  3           0 1000/1000  Serial interface state change interrupt
  4          39  922/1000  Network interfaces
  5       10050  952/1000  Console Uart
Silverdale#exit

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