AGS+ boot hang due to memory corruption?

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AGS+ boot hang due to memory corruption? Speedyj 07-10-2008
Posted by Speedyj on July 10, 2008, 3:32 pm
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Ok - I've got an AGS+ w/the CSC/4, bootstrap version 5.3(4), the
daughter flashcard and it's trying to load from that flash (I'll
assume - not 100% sure) version 10.3(4) GS3-K-M. It gets as far as the
vefsion banner for the IOS and then it sits there. I did let it set
there for over 2 hours once and I finally caught it proceeding to
this:

Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) GS Software (GS3-K-M), Version 10.3(4), RELEASE SOFTWARE
(fc1)
Copyright (c) 1986-1995 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Thu 29-Jun-95 06:46 by pitoscia
Image text-base: 0x00001000, data-base: 0x004CE39C

CSC4 (68040) processor with 16384K bytes of memory.
X.25 software, Version 2.0, NET2, BFE and GOSIP compliant.
Bridging software.
1 cBus controller.
1 MEC controller (4 Ethernet).
Environmental Controller.
4 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interfaces.
1 FDDI network interface.
64K bytes of multibus memory.
64K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
flash memory on MC+ card (via ENVM).

Notice: NVRAM invalid, possibly due to write erase.
--- System Configuration Dialog ---

At any point you may enter a question mark '?' for help.
Refer to the 'Getting Started' Guide for additional help.
Use ctrl-c to abort configuration dialog at any prompt.
Default settings are in square brackets '[]'.
Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes]: no


Press RETURN to get started!


ENVM checksum (18 != 8D) at offset 0x1

ENVM checksum (8C != 56) at offset 0x1

%SYS-3-CPUHOG: Task ran for 1205840 msec (4874/0), Process = Init, PC
= 77C60
-Traceback= 49B04 4A372 D92C 1080 10005EC 1009046
%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Fddi0, changed state
to down
%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet0, changed
state to up
%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet1, changed
state to up
%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet2

%Software-forced reload

Queued messages:, changed state to up
%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet3, changed
state to up
%LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Ethernet0, changed state to up
%LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Ethernet1, changed state to up
%LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Ethernet2, changed state to up
%LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Ethernet3, changed state to up
%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet0, changed
state to down
%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet2, changed
state to down
%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet3, changed
state to down
%SYS-5-RESTART: System restarted --
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) GS Software (GS3-K-M), Version 10.3(4), RELEASE SOFTWARE
(fc1)
Copyright (c) 1986-1995 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Thu 29-Jun-95 06:46 by pitoscia
%LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Fddi0, changed state to administratively
down
%LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Ethernet0, changed state to
administratively down
%LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Ethernet1, changed state to
administratively down
%LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Ethernet2, changed state to
administratively down
%LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Ethernet3, changed state to
administratively down
%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet1, changed
state to down
%SYS-3-BADMAGIC: Corrupt block at 2000000 (magic FFFFFFFF)
-Traceback= F9E8 10A06 11F9E 1205E
%SYS-6-MTRACE: malloc: addr,pc
606BD8,1312E 6071D0,1F2C46 607194,1F2C32 607158,1ED464
60711C,1ED18A 6070E0,1ED16E 607090,1F2C46 607054,1F2C32
%SYS-6-MTRACE: free: addr,pc
60746C,49902 52B234,49912 52B310,49902 606D7C,1EC0EE
606DB8,1EC0E4 606CF0,1EC0EE 606D2C,1EC0E4 606C64,1EC0EE
%SYS-6-BLKINFO: Heap trashed (3), blk 2000000, words 2147483647, alloc
FFFFFFFF, InUse, de
alloc FFFFFFFF, rfcnt FFFFFFFF
Exception: Software forced crash at 0x109C74 (PC)


I'll assume this is bad memory on the flash card or is it DRAM? Any
ideas???

Posted by Thrill5 on July 10, 2008, 5:46 pm
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Your AGS+ is at least 15 years old and probably closer to 20!!! With
something that old, it's hard to say what piece of hardware is bad. Could
be memory, CPU, or some other component. Since it does boot, my first guess
is that it's bad DRAM, but trying to find a replacement will be difficult.

If you do fix it, you can't run any version of IOS that could even be called
"modern", as this platform has not been supported by Cisco for at least 12
years.

> Ok - I've got an AGS+ w/the CSC/4, bootstrap version 5.3(4), the
> daughter flashcard and it's trying to load from that flash (I'll
> assume - not 100% sure) version 10.3(4) GS3-K-M. It gets as far as the
> vefsion banner for the IOS and then it sits there. I did let it set
> there for over 2 hours once and I finally caught it proceeding to
> this:
>
> Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
> IOS (tm) GS Software (GS3-K-M), Version 10.3(4), RELEASE SOFTWARE
> (fc1)
> Copyright (c) 1986-1995 by cisco Systems, Inc.
> Compiled Thu 29-Jun-95 06:46 by pitoscia
> Image text-base: 0x00001000, data-base: 0x004CE39C
>
> CSC4 (68040) processor with 16384K bytes of memory.
> X.25 software, Version 2.0, NET2, BFE and GOSIP compliant.
> Bridging software.
> 1 cBus controller.
> 1 MEC controller (4 Ethernet).
> Environmental Controller.
> 4 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interfaces.
> 1 FDDI network interface.
> 64K bytes of multibus memory.
> 64K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
> flash memory on MC+ card (via ENVM).
>
> Notice: NVRAM invalid, possibly due to write erase.
> --- System Configuration Dialog ---
>
> At any point you may enter a question mark '?' for help.
> Refer to the 'Getting Started' Guide for additional help.
> Use ctrl-c to abort configuration dialog at any prompt.
> Default settings are in square brackets '[]'.
> Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes]: no
>
>
> Press RETURN to get started!
>
>
> ENVM checksum (18 != 8D) at offset 0x1
>
> ENVM checksum (8C != 56) at offset 0x1
>
> %SYS-3-CPUHOG: Task ran for 1205840 msec (4874/0), Process = Init, PC
> = 77C60
> -Traceback= 49B04 4A372 D92C 1080 10005EC 1009046
> %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Fddi0, changed state
> to down
> %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet0, changed
> state to up
> %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet1, changed
> state to up
> %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet2
>
> %Software-forced reload
>
> Queued messages:, changed state to up
> %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet3, changed
> state to up
> %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Ethernet0, changed state to up
> %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Ethernet1, changed state to up
> %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Ethernet2, changed state to up
> %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Ethernet3, changed state to up
> %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet0, changed
> state to down
> %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet2, changed
> state to down
> %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet3, changed
> state to down
> %SYS-5-RESTART: System restarted --
> Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
> IOS (tm) GS Software (GS3-K-M), Version 10.3(4), RELEASE SOFTWARE
> (fc1)
> Copyright (c) 1986-1995 by cisco Systems, Inc.
> Compiled Thu 29-Jun-95 06:46 by pitoscia
> %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Fddi0, changed state to administratively
> down
> %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Ethernet0, changed state to
> administratively down
> %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Ethernet1, changed state to
> administratively down
> %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Ethernet2, changed state to
> administratively down
> %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Ethernet3, changed state to
> administratively down
> %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet1, changed
> state to down
> %SYS-3-BADMAGIC: Corrupt block at 2000000 (magic FFFFFFFF)
> -Traceback= F9E8 10A06 11F9E 1205E
> %SYS-6-MTRACE: malloc: addr,pc
> 606BD8,1312E 6071D0,1F2C46 607194,1F2C32 607158,1ED464
> 60711C,1ED18A 6070E0,1ED16E 607090,1F2C46 607054,1F2C32
> %SYS-6-MTRACE: free: addr,pc
> 60746C,49902 52B234,49912 52B310,49902 606D7C,1EC0EE
> 606DB8,1EC0E4 606CF0,1EC0EE 606D2C,1EC0E4 606C64,1EC0EE
> %SYS-6-BLKINFO: Heap trashed (3), blk 2000000, words 2147483647, alloc
> FFFFFFFF, InUse, de
> alloc FFFFFFFF, rfcnt FFFFFFFF
> Exception: Software forced crash at 0x109C74 (PC)
>
>
> I'll assume this is bad memory on the flash card or is it DRAM? Any
> ideas???



Posted by Dan Lanciani on July 10, 2008, 10:26 pm
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speedyjyj@gmail.com (Speedyj) writes:

[...]
| %SYS-3-BADMAGIC: Corrupt block at 2000000 (magic FFFFFFFF)
| -Traceback= F9E8 10A06 11F9E 1205E
| %SYS-6-MTRACE: malloc: addr,pc
| 606BD8,1312E 6071D0,1F2C46 607194,1F2C32 607158,1ED464
| 60711C,1ED18A 6070E0,1ED16E 607090,1F2C46 607054,1F2C32
| %SYS-6-MTRACE: free: addr,pc
| 60746C,49902 52B234,49912 52B310,49902 606D7C,1EC0EE
| 606DB8,1EC0E4 606CF0,1EC0EE 606D2C,1EC0E4 606C64,1EC0EE
| %SYS-6-BLKINFO: Heap trashed (3), blk 2000000, words 2147483647, alloc
| FFFFFFFF, InUse, de
| alloc FFFFFFFF, rfcnt FFFFFFFF
| Exception: Software forced crash at 0x109C74 (PC)
|
|
| I'll assume this is bad memory on the flash card or is it DRAM?

Maybe, but the heap problems are fairly high-level. Sure, bad memory
can do most anything, but this feels more like software confusion. IIRC
your NVRAM is actually RAM with a lithium backup battery. I'm not sure
how things will behave if that battery is low. You might want to check
and/or replace it.

                                Dan Lanciani
                                ddl@danlan.*com

Posted by Speedyj on July 11, 2008, 9:42 am
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On Jul 10, 10:26=A0pm, ddl@danlan.*com (Dan Lanciani) wrote:
> In article <d4e92b37-098e-4606-a5f3-a4a92e928...@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.=
com>, speedy...@gmail.com (Speedyj) writes:
>
> [...]
> | %SYS-3-BADMAGIC: Corrupt block at 2000000 (magic FFFFFFFF)
> | -Traceback=3D F9E8 10A06 11F9E 1205E
> | %SYS-6-MTRACE: malloc: addr,pc
> | =A0 =A0606BD8,1312E =A0 =A0 =A06071D0,1F2C46 =A0 =A0 607194,1F2C32 =A0 =
=A0 607158,1ED464
> | =A0 =A060711C,1ED18A =A0 =A0 6070E0,1ED16E =A0 =A0 607090,1F2C46 =A0 =
=A0 607054,1F2C32
> | %SYS-6-MTRACE: free: addr,pc
> | =A0 =A060746C,49902 =A0 =A0 =A052B234,49912 =A0 =A0 =A052B310,49902 =A0=
=A0 =A0606D7C,1EC0EE
> | =A0 =A0606DB8,1EC0E4 =A0 =A0 606CF0,1EC0EE =A0 =A0 606D2C,1EC0E4 =A0 =
=A0 606C64,1EC0EE
> | %SYS-6-BLKINFO: Heap trashed (3), blk 2000000, words 2147483647, alloc
> | FFFFFFFF, InUse, de
> | alloc FFFFFFFF, rfcnt FFFFFFFF
> | Exception: Software forced crash at 0x109C74 (PC)
> |
> |
> | I'll assume this is bad memory on the flash card or is it DRAM?
>
> Maybe, but the heap problems are fairly high-level. =A0Sure, bad memory
> can do most anything, but this feels more like software confusion. =A0IIR=
C
> your NVRAM is actually RAM with a lithium backup battery. =A0I'm not sure
> how things will behave if that battery is low. =A0You might want to check
> and/or replace it.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Dan Lanci=
ani
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ddl@danla=
n.*com

Thanks to everyone for their help thus far. Yes it is an ancient piece
of hardware but with 4 ethernet ports it still has its purposes. I
actually picked it up for nothing. The Flash card is a daughter card
sitting on top of the main system board and was optional through the
products' lifetime. It is replaceable; although where I might find
another one I am unsure. The CSC/4 processor borad - I have seen them
available on Ebay and might just pick one up for a spare. It holds the
DRAM and the 68040 main processor.
I will check that battery Dan - good call.

Posted by fugettaboutit on July 11, 2008, 7:33 am
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Bad "magic" numbers usually point to a corrupt NVRAM or flash module. Is
this an item that can be replaced on the AGS+? I have no idea...sorry!

BTW, where did you find this antique? Those things are ancient...hehe.
Let us know if you actually get it working!


Speedyj wrote:
> Ok - I've got an AGS+ w/the CSC/4, bootstrap version 5.3(4), the
> daughter flashcard and it's trying to load from that flash (I'll
> assume - not 100% sure) version 10.3(4) GS3-K-M. It gets as far as the
> vefsion banner for the IOS and then it sits there. I did let it set
> there for over 2 hours once and I finally caught it proceeding to
> this:
>
> Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
> IOS (tm) GS Software (GS3-K-M), Version 10.3(4), RELEASE SOFTWARE
> (fc1)
> Copyright (c) 1986-1995 by cisco Systems, Inc.
> Compiled Thu 29-Jun-95 06:46 by pitoscia
> Image text-base: 0x00001000, data-base: 0x004CE39C
>
> CSC4 (68040) processor with 16384K bytes of memory.
> X.25 software, Version 2.0, NET2, BFE and GOSIP compliant.
> Bridging software.
> 1 cBus controller.
> 1 MEC controller (4 Ethernet).
> Environmental Controller.
> 4 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interfaces.
> 1 FDDI network interface.
> 64K bytes of multibus memory.
> 64K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
> flash memory on MC+ card (via ENVM).
>
> Notice: NVRAM invalid, possibly due to write erase.
> --- System Configuration Dialog ---
>
> At any point you may enter a question mark '?' for help.
> Refer to the 'Getting Started' Guide for additional help.
> Use ctrl-c to abort configuration dialog at any prompt.
> Default settings are in square brackets '[]'.
> Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes]: no
>
>
> Press RETURN to get started!
>
>
> ENVM checksum (18 != 8D) at offset 0x1
>
> ENVM checksum (8C != 56) at offset 0x1
>
> %SYS-3-CPUHOG: Task ran for 1205840 msec (4874/0), Process = Init, PC
> = 77C60
> -Traceback= 49B04 4A372 D92C 1080 10005EC 1009046
> %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Fddi0, changed state
> to down
> %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet0, changed
> state to up
> %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet1, changed
> state to up
> %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet2
>
> %Software-forced reload
>
> Queued messages:, changed state to up
> %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet3, changed
> state to up
> %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Ethernet0, changed state to up
> %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Ethernet1, changed state to up
> %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Ethernet2, changed state to up
> %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Ethernet3, changed state to up
> %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet0, changed
> state to down
> %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet2, changed
> state to down
> %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet3, changed
> state to down
> %SYS-5-RESTART: System restarted --
> Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
> IOS (tm) GS Software (GS3-K-M), Version 10.3(4), RELEASE SOFTWARE
> (fc1)
> Copyright (c) 1986-1995 by cisco Systems, Inc.
> Compiled Thu 29-Jun-95 06:46 by pitoscia
> %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Fddi0, changed state to administratively
> down
> %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Ethernet0, changed state to
> administratively down
> %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Ethernet1, changed state to
> administratively down
> %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Ethernet2, changed state to
> administratively down
> %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Ethernet3, changed state to
> administratively down
> %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet1, changed
> state to down
> %SYS-3-BADMAGIC: Corrupt block at 2000000 (magic FFFFFFFF)
> -Traceback= F9E8 10A06 11F9E 1205E
> %SYS-6-MTRACE: malloc: addr,pc
> 606BD8,1312E 6071D0,1F2C46 607194,1F2C32 607158,1ED464
> 60711C,1ED18A 6070E0,1ED16E 607090,1F2C46 607054,1F2C32
> %SYS-6-MTRACE: free: addr,pc
> 60746C,49902 52B234,49912 52B310,49902 606D7C,1EC0EE
> 606DB8,1EC0E4 606CF0,1EC0EE 606D2C,1EC0E4 606C64,1EC0EE
> %SYS-6-BLKINFO: Heap trashed (3), blk 2000000, words 2147483647, alloc
> FFFFFFFF, InUse, de
> alloc FFFFFFFF, rfcnt FFFFFFFF
> Exception: Software forced crash at 0x109C74 (PC)
>
>
> I'll assume this is bad memory on the flash card or is it DRAM? Any
> ideas???

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