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Posted by Den on January 12, 2007, 10:03 am
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>>I recently upgraded the IOS on my 2950, the files are zipped up in a .tar
>>file because it includes HTML stuff.
>> Because there is only 8mb flash on the switch I had to delete the old
>> file first then copy the new one down via tftp server, it was all going
>> well till I reset the switch, it did not extract the files but just
>> copied it as the .tar file.
>> Then I could do nothing with it except delete it, copy a .bin file down
>> via xmodem (which took nearly an hour) then start again.
>> This time I did it using Cisco Network Assistant and it worked fine, I
>> deleted the old file, copied the .tar file and Network Assistant
>> extracted all the files properly.
>> My question is obvious, why did it not extract the files when using tftp?
>> did I miss a command off or something?
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>> Thanks in advance
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> Check this for the correct upgrade precedure:
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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps628/products_configuration_example09186a0080169627.shtml#concept10
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Yeah this is the line of code I should have used:
2950#archive tar /xtract tftp://20.20.20.2/c2950-i6q4l2-tar.121-13.EA1.tar
flash:
Thanks Drake
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