Copying from tftp

oli356

Hey guys

Trying to upgrade my 3550 IOS image. I've downloaded solar winds tftp server and put the image in the correct folder.

On the router I've assigned vlan1 ip of [URL="tel:192.168.0.50"]192.168.0.50[/URL] .. My computer is 0.100

They can ping each other fine. Well I try and copy the file over though
copy tftp flash
[URL="tel:192.168.0.100"]192.168.0.100[/URL]
........image name, not sure if it should end with .bin, my documents doesn't show it like the but it is a bin file
image name again
.....
error opening tftp://192.168.0.100/imagename (timed out)

An ideas why? It's allowed in my w7 firewall as well. Thanks
Edit
: disabled firewall and now it's saying file name not found, progress!
Edit2: made the file name a bad one, works now though should've tried disabling firewall before creating thread!

oli356

Umm.. I kind of messed it all up. I erased the entire flash..

So I can't boot, if I hold down the mode button when turning on the switch I get the switch: prompt.

switch: ?
           ? -- Present list of available commands
        boot -- Load and boot an executable image
         cat -- Concatenate (type) file(s)
        copy -- Copy a file
      delete -- Delete file(s)
         dir -- List files in directories
  flash_init -- Initialize flash filesystem(s)
      format -- Format a filesystem
        fsck -- Check filesystem consistency
        help -- Present list of available commands
 load_helper -- Load and initialize a helper image
      memory -- Present memory heap utilization information
       mkdir -- Create dir(s)
        more -- Concatenate (display) file(s)
      rename -- Rename a file
       reset -- Reset the system
       rmdir -- Delete empty dir(s)
         set -- Set or display environment variables
   set_param -- Set system parameters in flash
       sleep -- Pause (sleep) for a specified number of seconds
        trap -- Cause a software breakpoint to occur
 -- MORE --
        type -- Concatenate (type) file(s)
       unset -- Unset one or more environment variables
     version -- Display boot loader version

I've tried to follow this guide: Recovery From Corrupt or Missing Software Image on Cisco Catalyst 2900XL and 3500XL Series Switches - Cisco Systems using copy xodem, but that doesn't seem to be working (shown in image.. it waits about a minute and then says "No response from remote system)"
.

inscom.brigade

is your router in Rommon>
?
type confreg ox2142

you may need to do it the xmodem method but it does take quite some time to learn it.
it took me about a day the first time i did xmodem

oli356

Isn't Rommon just for routers? Instead it's just:

ror loading "tftp:c3550-ipservicesk9.bin"

Interrupt within 5 seconds to abort boot process.
Boot process failed...

The system is unable to boot automatically.  The BOOT
environment variable needs to be set to a bootable
image.

switch:

when I hold down the mode button.

I wouldn't care if I have to wait all day for xmodem mode, but it doesn't seem to be working as I said in my previous post. "No response from remote system"

Aha, didn't know I had to type in the command and then select the file.. It wasn't working on 115200 BAUD rate, had to take it back down to 9600. Working now. 55K of 6810K. This is going to take a while! ETA 2 hour 23 mins

inscom.brigade

I had a switch boot to s>, S> it is the same proceedure as rommon> i was told, but i had to do xmodem to fix it.