Boot system command on 6500 2t supervisor running IOS 15.0(1)SY6

[neil_titchener]

Hi,  This sounds like a simple question but Cisco documented command options don't seem to match the supervisor 2T file system.

The Command reference states use 'boot system flash' for internally stored files however the IOS images are stored on the bootdisk: partition, there is no flash: partition.  The command has no option for bootdisk: so is the command 'boot system flash bootdisk:' or is it 'boot system bootdisk:'

Here are the options for the file location

#boot system ?
  WORD   TFTP filename or URL
  flash  Boot from flash memory
  ftp    Boot from a server via ftp
  mop    Boot from a Decnet MOP server
  rcp    Boot from a server via rcp
  tftp   Boot from a tftp server

Below is the file system output

#dir ?
  /all                      List all files
  /recursive                List files recursively
  all-filesystems           List files on all filesystems
  bootdisk:                 Directory or file name
  cns:                      Directory or file name
  const_nvram:              Directory or file name
  disk0:                    Directory or file name
  flexwan-fpd:              Directory or file name
  image:                    Directory or file name
  ivfs:                     Directory or file name
  microcode:                Directory or file name
  null:                     Directory or file name
  nvram:                    Directory or file name
  revrcsf:                  Directory or file name
  slavebootdisk:            Directory or file name
  slaveconst_nvram:         Directory or file name
  slavedisk0:               Directory or file name
  slavenvram:               Directory or file name
  slavercsf:                Directory or file name
  slavesystem:              Directory or file name
  sw1-slot1-cfc-bootflash:  Directory or file name
  sw1-slot2-dfc-bootflash:  Directory or file name
  sw1-slot3-cfc-bootflash:  Directory or file name
  sw1-slot5-bootdisk:       Directory or file name
  sw1-slot5-const_nvram:    Directory or file name
  sw1-slot5-disk0:          Directory or file name
  sw1-slot5-nvram:          Directory or file name
  sw1-slot8-cfc-bootflash:  Directory or file name
  sw2-slot1-cfc-bootflash:  Directory or file name
  sw2-slot2-dfc-bootflash:  Directory or file name
  sw2-slot3-cfc-bootflash:  Directory or file name
  sw2-slot5-const_nvram:    Directory or file name
  sw2-slot5-disk0:          Directory or file name
  sw2-slot5-nvram:          Directory or file name
  sw2-slot5-slavebootdisk:  Directory or file name
  sw2-slot8-cfc-bootflash:  Directory or file name
  system:                   Directory or file name
  tar:                      Directory or file name
  tmpsys:                   Directory or file name
  |                         Output modifiers

#dir
Directory of bootdisk:/

    1  -rw-    33554432  Jun 12 2015 22:09:00 +01:00  sea_console.dat
    2  -rw-    85981040  Jun 12 2015 22:12:56 +01:00  s2t54-ipservicesk9-mz.SPA.154-1.SY6.bin

I do appreciate anyone taking the time to read this quest but please only answer if you KNOW the answer.

Thanks in advance.

[Reza Sharifi · Accepted solution]

Hi,

The actual command is

boot system bootdisk:<ios name>

Even though bootdisk is not an option, you can just type it in and it should work.

HTH

[neil_titchener]

Thanks again for responding to my question.  In the end I used the Boot system bootidsk: command and it worked.  That's not to say the Boot system flash boot disk: command wouldn't of worked I just didn't use it.

the upgrade went well and took about 45mins.

[Reza Sharifi]

Thanks for the feedback.

Good Luck!

[Leo Laohoo]

boot system flash bootdisk:

[neil_titchener]

Thanks to both of you.  As you both have lots of posts and solutions to your names and you've both given different commands I'm guessing they both work.  I'm going to go with the boot system bootdisk: command an s if that fails I'll boot from romon.  I'll let you know tomorrow if it's worked :-)

[Reza Sharifi]

Just so you know, the command I posted is from a live 6800 with sup-2T.

Now, what Leo suggested may work as well.

Let us know.

HTH

[Leo Laohoo]

And what is the config register value? 0x2101 or 0x2102?

[neil_titchener]

The confreg is 0x2102