Unable to update IOS

Any idea what would cost the router not to be able to copy IOS from the TFTP server? it's basically failing when I need to specify the source address

Router#copy tftp: flash:
Address or name of remote host [10.160.8.20]?
Source filename [c2600-Adventerprisek9-Mz]? c2600-Adventerprisek9-Mz 124-2 T.bin
Destination filename [c2600-Adventerprisek9-Mz]? c2600-Adventerprisek9-Mz 124-2 T.bin
Accessing tftp://10.160.8.20/c2600-Adventerprisek9-Mz...
%Error opening tftp://10.160.8.20/c2600-Adventerprisek9-Mz (No such file or directory)
Router#

I'm using this TFTP server Tftpd32 version 3.29 and yes I've configured the root directory to point out to the location of the IOS image, network connectivity is fine with the TFTP server and Cisco device I am trying to update, my firewall is off on the host, but I have not verified it on the Cisco Router.

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tiersten

Type the filename in properly.

networker050184

That message means the file can't be found. Ensure your file name and path are correct.

EDIT: Beat me to it!

Looks like you are missing a "." in the file name.

jbaello

tiersten wrote: »

Type the filename in properly.

It's working I was just cutting and pasting the filename, didn't notice the space on the source and destination :P

mikej412

Make sure you can ping the TFTP server

Make sure you're TFTP server security is configured to let users download files -- some are upload only by default.

Make sure you've got the file name correct. Usually a copy & paste (if you don't have file extensions turned off on a win tftp server) works best. Spaces in a file name may cause some issues with some OS/TFTP server combinations.

jbaello

Router#show file system
File Systems:

Size(b) Free(b) Type Flags Prefixes
- - opaque rw null:
- - opaque rw system:
- - opaque ro xmodem:
- - opaque ro ymodem:
- - network rw tftp:
* 8388608 8388608 flash rw flash:
29688 28572 nvram rw nvram:
- - opaque wo lex:
- - network rw rcp:
- - network rw ftp:

Router#conf t
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Router(config)#^Z
Router#copy tftp: flash:
Address or name of remote host [10.160.8.20]?
Source filename [c2600-Adventerprisek9-Mz.bin]?
Destination filename [c2600-Adventerprisek9-Mz.bin]?
Accessing tftp://10.160.8.20/c2600-Adventerprisek9-Mz.bin...
Erase flash: before copying? [confirm]y
Erasing the flash filesystem will remove all files! Continue? [confirm]y
Erasing device... eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ...erased
Erase of flash: complete
Loading c2600-Adventerprisek9-Mz.bin from 10.160.8.20 (via Ethernet0/0): !
%Error copying tftp://10.160.8.20/c2600-Adventerprisek9-Mz.bin (Not enough space on device)

Not enough freakin space...

networker050184

Never mind.

You need to upgrade.

miller811

jbaello wrote: »

Not enough freakin space...

Now the fun begins....

jbaello

networker050184 wrote: »

Never mind.

You need to upgrade.

A router with 8MB of flash memory will really get me far lol arghhh... It looks like I will need to borrow some from my router, any idea if hte 1900 or 2900 has the same flash memory type?

miller811

jbaello wrote: »

A router with 8MB of flash memory will really get me far lol arghhh...

Once you replace the flash, you will get to experience the joy or loading an IOS via X-modem

tiersten

miller811 wrote: »

Once you replace the flash, you will get to experience the joy or loading an IOS via X-modem

If you're lucky then you can load it via TFTP from ROMMON. If you're unlucky then it'll be XMODEM for a long time...

tiersten

jbaello wrote: »

It's working I was just cutting and pasting the filename, didn't notice the space on the source and destination :P

Where ever you found that version of IOS renamed the file. Cisco don't name them like that with the mixed caps and spaces. If it really is 12.4.2T then it is also marked as being buggy by Cisco and you shouldn't really use it.

lildeezul

i had to do Xmodem on a 2500 for a freak outdated IOS,
grab some popcorn and a movie...haha.

im trying to upgrade all 7 of my routers to the max, so i can run the Ipsec IOS, so i can do some site-to-site vpns on my routers.

sides14

What is the exact model of the 2600 router? The 2610, 2611, 2620, and 2621 models are only 64/16 and incapable of supporting the 12.4 IOS. I did read somewhere that you could run the 12.4 IOS virtually on those models, but that it was extremely slow.

dtlokee

sides14 wrote: »

What is the exact model of the 2600 router? The 2610, 2611, 2620, and 2621 models are only 64/16 and incapable of supporting the 12.4 IOS. I did read somewhere that you could run the 12.4 IOS virtually on those models, but that it was extremely slow.

Depends which 12.4 IOS, you can run IP base but I would prefer to go with a 12.3 version that has crypto features. You need SSH for the CCNA which you can get with the IP base K9 image.

jbaello

2611XM if I am not mistaken it has 2 Fast Ethernet port.

It looks like I have a bigger problem now, on boot the IOS is being extracted and it looks like it's trying to load it and I get an error stating not enough memory, I only have 8 MB flash and the IOS I copied is more than 7 MB.

Not sure what to do with this, it looks like I will need to use a smaller IOS.

This is the IOS I loaded via TFTP - c2600-i-mz.123-22.bin the file size is 7,558 KB to be exact.

dtlokee

The IOS on a 2600 is compressed and will be decompressed at boot an loaded into RAM. To boot a 8 MB image will typically require 32 MB of RAM, you might be able to get by with 24, but I would upgrade the flash and RAM

jbaello

Son of a **** I basically put in an IOS the router cannot handle, do you mind pointing me to the correct ram I need to put in for this type of router? and how much they cost?

Size(b) Free(b) Type Flags Prefixes
- - opaque rw null:
- - opaque rw system:
- - opaque ro xmodem:
- - opaque ro ymodem:
- - network rw tftp:
* 8388608 8388608 flash rw flash:
29688 28572 nvram rw nvram:
- - opaque wo lex:
- - network rw rcp:
- - network rw ftp:

On Rommon how do I find out how much ram I have?

dtlokee

It should tell you when you first power on the router.

miller811

jbaello wrote: »

Son of a **** I basically put in an IOS the router cannot handle, do you mind pointing me to the correct ram I need to put in for this type of router? and how much they cost?

Whether you realize it at this point in time, you have just learned a valuable lesson that could not have been learned using simulated hardware...

Real hardware allows success and failure when trying new IOS's.

Of course to get the answers to the questions that you are asking, you need to know specifically the type of hardware you have.

Here is a link, that could help you.....based on your specific hardware

http://tools.cisco.com/ITDIT/CFN/jsp/index.jsp

kalebksp

I've bought memory for just about all my equipment through this seller: http://myworld.ebay.com/laserjet4you/

I would upgrade the memory to 128 dram/32 flash. Keep in mind that 2600 and 2600XM memory is not interchangeable.

jbaello

This router is only a 2611 non xm series and can only do 16/64, doesn't even support the IOS that I want for it yay :P any idea on where I can find the memory requirement for certain IOS? sorry really noob with the hardware but getting there.

And you were right kaleb it looks like the 2600 and 2600xm is the same but the voltage is different therefore both models has it's own memory type.

kalebksp

jbaello wrote: »

any idea on where I can find the memory requirement for certain IOS?

http://tools.cisco.com/ITDIT/CFN/jsp/index.jsp