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hellohello5
join:2013-06-28
Detroit, MI

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Error loading "flash:c2960-lanbasek9-mz.122-37.SE1/c2960-lan

Purchase a 2960 without IOS loaded.

Loaded IOS with Xmodem, and now getting the message:

Error loading "flash:c2960-lanbasek9-mz.122-37.SE1/c2960-lanbasek9-mz.122-37.SE1.bin"

After that it loads fine with the message:

*Mar 1 00:21:18.029: %SYS-5-RELOAD: Reload requested by console. Reload Reason: Reload command.
Base ethernet MAC Address: 00:21:d7:81:c6:00
Xmodem file system is available.
The password-recovery mechanism is enabled.
Initializing Flash...
flashfs[0]: 4 files, 1 directories
flashfs[0]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories
flashfs[0]: Total bytes: 32514048
flashfs[0]: Bytes used: 11958272
flashfs[0]: Bytes available: 20555776
flashfs[0]: flashfs fsck took 9 seconds.
...done Initializing Flash.
Boot Sector Filesystem (bs) installed, fsid: 3
done.
Loading "flash:c2960-lanbasek9-mz.122-37.SE1/c2960-lanbasek9-mz.122-37.SE1.bin"...flash:c2960-lanbasek9-mz.122-37.SE1/c2960-lanbasek9-mz.122-37.SE1.bin: no such file or directory

Error loading "flash:c2960-lanbasek9-mz.122-37.SE1/c2960-lanbasek9-mz.122-37.SE1.bin"

Interrupt within 5 seconds to abort boot process.
Loading "flash:/c2960-lanbasek9-mz.150-2.SE4.bin"...
HELLFIRE
MVM
join:2009-11-25

HELLFIRE

MVM

Re: Error loading "flash:c2960-lanbasek9-mz.122-37.SE1/c296

quote:
Loading "flash:c2960-lanbasek9-mz.122-37.SE1/c2960-lanbasek9-mz.122-37.SE1.bin"...flash:c2960-lanbasek9-mz.122-

37.SE1/c2960-lanbasek9-mz.122-37.SE1.bin: no such file or directory
That's your problem there... as far as the 2960's concerned, it can't find the BIN file.

Are you sure you loaded it into the flash's root directory? Because from the output it's pointing to a subdirectory
and THEN the file... not sure if this is a valid way or not for Catylst switches.

Also, not sure if it has this function in ROMMON or not, I ALWAYS make sure to run a "verify flash:" command on
the IOS after copying over.

My 00000010bits

Regards

hellohello5
join:2013-06-28
Detroit, MI

hellohello5

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Switch#dir flash:
Directory of flash:/

2 -rwx 11949440 Jan 1 1970 15:01:00 +00:00 c2960-lanbasek9-mz.150-2.SE4.bin
3 -rwx 1547 Mar 1 1993 00:01:00 +00:00 config.text
4 -rwx 1915 Mar 1 1993 00:01:00 +00:00 private-config.text
5 -rwx 3096 Mar 1 1993 00:00:56 +00:00 multiple-fs

DarkLogix
Texan and Proud
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join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX

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Its looking for a folder not for it in the root

Its normal on switches to get IOS via Tar that will extract to a folder with the same name short the .tar and in that folder will be a .bin also by the same name

the tar will have the bin and some other files (mostly HTML stuff IIRC)

you need to change the boot from
flash:c2960-lanbasek9-mz.122-37.SE1/c2960-lanbasek9-mz.122-37.SE1.bin

to

flash:c2960-lanbasek9-mz.122-37.SE1.bin
DarkLogix

DarkLogix

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See step #5
»www.thegeekstuff.com/201 ··· s-image/

Personally I prefer using the tars, so I have the web UI even though I don't use it.
»www.handsomeplanet.com/a ··· ives/164

BTW using the Tar files is actually the proper way, cisco's downloads of switch IOS's are all tar files, you're not supposed to extract them on your computer (though if you want to hack the web UI you can mess with the files in the tar and re-pack it)

hellohello5
join:2013-06-28
Detroit, MI

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to DarkLogix
Will try to remove .bin file and load .tar file with Xmodem.

Will post results,

Thx.
HELLFIRE
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HELLFIRE to hellohello5

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to hellohello5
Something I'm trying to resolve in my head hellohello5 See Profile

The switch says it's trying to load c2960-lanbasek9-mz.122-37.SE1.bin, yet your flash says it has
c2960-lanbasek9-mz.150-2.SE4.bin sitting on it. If 15.0.2SE4 is already sitting on there but
the switch is pointing at something else, that'll need to be fixed as well... likely via the
boot statement.

If you can get to the > / # prompt, try a "show boot" and see what it says.

Regards

hellohello5
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Detroit, MI

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HELLFIRE,

That was it. Issued:

set BOOT flash:c2960-lanbasek9-mz.150-2.SE4.bin

And it booted without error.

Thx,

DarkLogix
Texan and Proud
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join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX

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DarkLogix

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normally you don't copy the tarfile to flash, you have it extract it via the commands I mentioned while its copying (not sure if xmodem can do that)

and ya the boot statement in there (if it was there) had been pointing to an IOS that had been loaded via tar.

hellohello5
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Detroit, MI

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DarkLogix,

Got the full tar that includes the web UI with command you pointed out:

Switch# archive download-sw /overwrite tftp://192.168.1.118/c2960-lanbasek9-tar.150-2.SE4.tar

Thank you for your persistence.

DarkLogix
Texan and Proud
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join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX

DarkLogix

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welcome