10-06-2007 03:32 PM - edited 03-05-2019 06:55 PM
Hi,
sorry for the petty question, I just picked up a c2900 and I booted it up and it seems that the last person that owned it tried upgrading it and didnt realize that it only has 1720K flash... my problem is that I only found 2 images that I can put on them and they are both 1700K.. I checked all the way back to 11.1 IOS for an image that will fit to no avail, anyone have any ideas?
Directory of flash:/
2 -rwx 19 <date> env_vars
1726464 bytes available (1536 bytes used)
switch:
thanks!
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10-07-2007 02:25 AM
The last update for a 4 meg box was 11.2.86.SA12 I believe . unfortunetly they appear to have taken the code for this ancient switch off CCO so it may not be available any more . The 8 meg 2924 image will not fit or work with the old 4 meg box . they used to have a ftp site where you could get some of the old images but that appears to defunct also.
Edit: Ok I found it , go here to get the old 4 meg , its not the last version they did but it should get it working.
10-06-2007 04:29 PM
That's very strange, can we see a show version ?
10-06-2007 08:10 PM
Hi Edison, there is no image on it now. When I turned it on and hooked up the console cable there was a partial image loaded, it looked like someone erased it and tried to reload a newer version on. so I erased it and tried to load the smallest version I could find on it and it wasnt small enough... here is the boot screen..
thanks
Wayne
C2900XL Boot Loader (C2900-HBOOT-M) Version 11.2(8)SA3, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Compiled Fri 11-Sep-98 17:00 by rheaton
starting...
Base ethernet MAC Address: 00:50:e2:c8:4b:c0
Xmodem file system is available.
Initializing Flash...
flashfs[0]: 1 files, 1 directories
flashfs[0]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories
flashfs[0]: Total bytes: 1728000
flashfs[0]: Bytes used: 1536
flashfs[0]: Bytes available: 1726464
flashfs[0]: flashfs fsck took 1 seconds.
...done Initializing Flash.
The system is unable to boot automatically because there
are no bootable files to boot.
switch:
10-06-2007 09:43 PM
Hmm, well actually just found it on ebay in the desription of someone who is selling one...
but i also appears that he has 4mb of memory..
Hmm I wonder if the flash is a card? maybe Ill just take it apart?
c2900XL-c3h2s-mz.120-5.4.WC.1.bin
Wayne
10-07-2007 02:25 AM
The last update for a 4 meg box was 11.2.86.SA12 I believe . unfortunetly they appear to have taken the code for this ancient switch off CCO so it may not be available any more . The 8 meg 2924 image will not fit or work with the old 4 meg box . they used to have a ftp site where you could get some of the old images but that appears to defunct also.
Edit: Ok I found it , go here to get the old 4 meg , its not the last version they did but it should get it working.
10-07-2007 05:38 AM
thanks very much, that worked great, its I agree its definately and ancient switch, no switchport trunk command even, oh well.. thanks for the help !!!! I dont know how you managed to find it , but I will definately mark that page in case I find any more archaic gear.
thanks,
Wayne
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