xmodem to recover 6500 issues

[paarlberg]

I am trying to convert a 6509 from mixed to IOS native mode and I screwed up. Now it only boots to rommon>. The bootflash is empty and I don't have a flash card (they are on order) above 20MB to handle the image which is 26MB.

I am trying to transfer via xmodem and it is not working. I have the console port set to 38400 as the default speed.

Whenever I try to transfer based on the recovery procedure on Cisco's site, I get either no response message(within hyper-terminal). See attached screen shot. You can see some of the previous console messages as well.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

[htarra]

Check out CSCdr13160,Add x/ymodem support in rommon for IOS image booting

[paarlberg]

When I do a search, all I get is this.

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Add x/ymodem support in rommon for IOS image booting

[royalblues]

Though you would have done this but to be sure did you start sending the file via the hyperterminal option -- transfer --send file after initiating the x modem

Narayan

[paarlberg]

Yes, a couple times I got a few k transfered then it would stop.. It was very hit and miss.

I got a couple 64MB flash cards and was planning on putting the boot files on it, but can't get it formatted on another 6509 running IOS.

I haven't had a lot of time the last few days to play with it. Will see what I can do next week.