Cisco IOS problem

OK so this is what's going. I was playing around with an old switch at work. I wanted to update the IOS in it but there wasn't enough space left so I overwrote the the bin file in the flash (deleted it actually). I was now transfering the file to the switch (Catalyst 2900XL) using Xmodem but in the end it says: flash:"image.bin": no space left on device. So what could I do to free up some space on the device so that I can transfer the file to it?

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FloOz

Maybe your device just doesn't have enough memory to hold the image you are trying to put on it?

JasminLandry

That's the problem, is there a way I can delete other unnecessary files? I'm trying to look for a compatible IOS image but Cisco doesn't support it anymore? Is there another place where I could download older IOS? The one I need would be 11.2.

pitviper

scratch that - the options were for DRAM.

TechGuy215

First, as FloOz said, make sure you have a enough memory for the image.

If you do, Why don't you just delete the current image in flash:

# delete /f /r flash1:<insert image name here>

# delete /f /r flash2:<insert image name here>

Then copy the new image to flash:

# copy tftp flash1
>Address or name of remote host? <insert tftp server ip here>
>source filename? <insert image name here>
>Destination filename? <insert image name here>

Check to verify integrity of the copy:

# verify /md5 flash1:c3750-ipbasek9-mz-122-55.SE1.bin

JasminLandry

Ohh nevermind I just got it back up and running. Thanks for your help guys. I found an old image compatible with this device. Copied the file to my machine and uploaded it to the switch and there you go