No IOS - Xmodem Transfer Fails *SOLVED*

[rider6751199]

Bought a used 2950 for CCNA labs. I have no IOS  and cannot get a successful transfer via xmodem. In ROMmon after the transfer  completes text shows up as gibberish, commands seem to  work. Text is normal after I reconnect. Dir flash: doesn't  show any sys image, only a -rwx file. I have tried various IOS versions. This was  purchased used, so it's possible it isn't working. This is my first time configuring a switch, I might have missed something simple.

Thank you.

[Bilal Nawaz]

Hello,
Please follow the steps in this document provided below:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps628/products_tech_note09186a0080169696.shtml

Hope this helps

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[rider6751199]

That's the guide I had been using. My last resort is to try tftp, but I have no reason to believe the result will be any different.

[Bilal Nawaz]

Are you sure there is enough capacity for the IOS image to fit on flash?

When the transfer completes, could you show the output just before it finishes till after the finish point. What are the steps that are taken after the image has supposedly been uploaded?

Hope this helps.

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[rider6751199]

Not sure how much space there is, however I wiped flash before a few transfers. Currently there is 1024 used. After the transfer finished, I have used boot flash:filename and dir flash: when it couldn't find the IOS file. I'll ellaborate after attempting another transfer.

Thanks

[rider6751199]

Successful transfer after disabling windows power saving features. I  suppose the serial port was powering down. Thanks for the suggestions.