Setting IP add in ronmon error

[coolboarderguy]

Hi All,

trying to set the IP add on a Catalyst 2900 in ronmon and get the following error,

switch: IP_ADDRESS=192.168.0.1

Can't set variable with illegal char "x1b) in name.

What is wrong with this.?

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[Prashanth Krishnappa]

See if you have an IOS in the flash by issuing "dir flash:" and if you do boot from it. If not recover the switch

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/473/corrupt_or_missing_image.html

These are the options available in switch: prompt

switch: help

? -- 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_bs -- Set attributes on a boot sector filesystem

set_param -- Set system parameters in flash

sleep -- Sleep a specified number of seconds

trap -- Cause a software breakpoint to occur

type -- Concatenate (type) file(s)

unset -- Unset one or more environment variables

version -- Display boot loader version

switch:

[coolboarderguy]

Hi All,

okay, thanx 4 that..I set the following,

switch: set ip 192.168.0.34

switch: set subnet mask 255.255.255.0

switch: set tftp_server 192.168.0.12

switch: set tftp_file c2900xl-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC10.bin

I then tried to copy from the tftp,

switch: copy xmode: flash:c2900XL-hs-mz-112.8.11-SA6.bin

xmode:: permission denied

here is an output of the dir cmd,

switch: dir

List of filesystems currently registered:

flash[0]: (read-write)

xmodem[1]: (read-only)

null[2]: (read-write)

bs[3]: (read-only)

Am I getting the permission denied error from the tftp machine side, or, due to the xmodem being read-only..? Cheers.

P.S. I'm a newbie, currently studying for CCNA and am working part-time at a PC shop in Tokyo, where I have hands on opportunity.

coolboarderguy...

[Prashanth Krishnappa]

You you cannot use TFTP to XMODEM an image in XL switch. You need to use send the file through the console port using an emulator such as hyperterminal. Read through the document I referenced in my earlier post.

[coolboarderguy]

Hi All,

yes, I'm using TeraTerm as my emulator, but, I get that permission denied error b4 getting the opportunity to choose, file/transfer/xmodem/send from within it. I don't see any reference on that page for this error message, hence my posting here. Cheers.

coolboarderguy...

[coolboarderguy]

Hi All,

I'm now having success with this, with a Catatalyst 2950. Did not get the permission denied message. Why would I get it with the 2900..? It is a 4mb version, and I downloaded the appropriate file for it. Cheers.

[coolboarderguy]

Hi All,

well, what a day of weirdness in PC land. Now the 2900 is successfully downloading. I made no changes from any point. I'd luv to know what caused it not to work, initially. Cheers.

coolboarderguy...