Next, I tried erasing the affected sector by itself:
-> protect off 2a0000 2bffff
. done
Un-Protected 1 sectors
-> erase 2a0000 2bffff
. done
Erased 1 sectors
-> md 2a0000 2bffff
002a0000: 01000200 00000001 00000000 00000000 ................
002a0010: 00000000 00000000 00020202 01000200 ................
002a0020: 01000200 01010200 00000000 00000200 ................
002a0030: 00010102 01000102 00000000 00000000 ................
002a0040: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................
002a0050: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................
002a0060: 00000200 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................
002a0070: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................
002a0080: 00000000 00000000 c01590b8 00000000 ................
002a0090: c01590d4 c0158ff0 00000000 00000000 ................
002a00a0: c0159114 00000000 c0159016 c0159034 ...............4
002a00b0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 c0159092 ................
002a00c0: c0159050 00000000 00000000 6e6f6f70 ...P........noop
.......
002bff30: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................
002bff40: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................
002bff50: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................
002bff60: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................
002bff70: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................
002bff80: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................
002bff90: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................
002bffa0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................
002bffb0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................
002bffc0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................
002bffd0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................
002bffe0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................
002bfff0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................