topic Re: WARNING: BOOT variable added, but not a valid image in Network Security

WARNING: BOOT variable added, but not a valid image

Daniel.morgan@ge.com — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 19:07:34 GMT

What does this mean???

POWfgSJPuchik01# dir disk0:

Directory of disk0:/

3846   drwx 4096        18:24:32 Jun 22 2010 log
3848   drwx 4096        18:24:50 Jun 22 2010 coredumpinfo
3849   -rwx 11869456    18:25:36 Jun 22 2010 asdm-625-53.bin
3320   drwx 28672       20:51:33 Nov 10 2010 syslog
3851   drwx 4096        08:46:50 Jun 07 2010 crypto_archive
3852   -rwx 16459776    18:23:26 Jun 22 2010 asa822-k8.bin
3853   -rwx 3191813     18:25:46 Jun 22 2010 anyconnect-win-2.4.0202-k9.pkg
3894   -rwx 14634571    20:51:36 Nov 10 2010 asa803-k8.bin

Re: WARNING: BOOT variable added, but not a valid image

mirober2 — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:14:51 GMT

Hi Dan,

The warning indicates that the image you referenced in your boot variable is not valid and thus will not boot properly. You'll see this if the image is corrupted or did not transfer correctly. I would suggest downloading a fresh copy of the image from cisco.com and verify the MD5 hash before transferring it to the ASA's flash. Also, if you're using FTP, make sure that it transfers the image in binary format, rather than ASCII.

Hope that helps.

-Mike

Re: WARNING: BOOT variable added, but not a valid image

Daniel.morgan@ge.com — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:30:04 GMT

Thanks!!