copy flash tftp command failed on Cisco 3750 switch

[Nabaruma]

I have a cisco 3750 swicth which i want to load a new ios to but unfortunately there's no enough space on the flash. This means that i need to backup the cureent (old) ios to my tftp server but the command keeps failing. It always gives 'No such file or directory' error .

The free space on the flash is 8mb and my new ios is about 11mb.

I also went inside the directory where the old is and inputed the same copy command but to no avail.

Below are some of the command failure on the swicth:

VNPSWITCH#sh flas

Directory of flash:/

    2  -rwx           5   Mar 2 1993 16:31:57 +00:00  private-config.text

    4  -rwx        1336   May 7 1993 02:07:25 +00:00  vlan.dat

    5  drwx         192   Apr 4 1993 04:36:26 +00:00  c3750-ipbase-mz.122-25.SEB

4

  363  -rwx        3919   Mar 2 1993 16:31:57 +00:00  config.text

15998976 bytes total (8884736 bytes free)

VNPSWITCH#copy fla

VNPSWITCH#copy flash tf

VNPSWITCH#copy flash tftp:

Source filename flash:c3750-ipbase-mz.122-25.SEB4/c3750-ipbase-mz.122-25.SEB4.bin

Address or name of remote host []? 172.19.2.214

Destination filename [c3750-ipbase-mz.122-25.SEB4.bin]?

%Error opening flash:c3750-ipbase-mz.122-25.SEB4/c3750-ipbase-mz.122-25.SEB4.bin

(No such file or directory)

Please assist.

Usman.

[jhosa_reddy]

VNPSWITCH#copy flash tftp:

Source filename flash:/c3750-ipbase-mz.122-25.SEB4/c3750-ipbase-mz.122-25.SEB4.bin

Address or name of remote host []? 172.19.2.214

Destination filename [c3750-ipbase-mz.122-25.SEB4.bin]?

[parvejkhan2009]

Yes I got the same problem, but later I fixed it this way

  Do sh version first and copy the IOS path like:- flash:/c3750-ipbase-mz.122-25.SEB4/c3750-ipbase-mz.122-25.SEB4.bin

Issue the command :- copy flash tftp:

When asking for source file name past the same u copied

Rest of the things will be same

[Buckler.joseph]

You are attempting to copy a directory instead of a file. 3750s wont allow this behavior. 

Instead try the following:

switch#cd flash:c3750-ipbase-mz.122-25.SEB

switch#show flash

switch#copy flash:(file name) tftp:

to back out of directory:

switch: cd ..

Cheers