Solved: Unable to delete IOS from Flash

mahesh18 · ‎03-21-2010

Hi all,

i have 3550 and i am upgrading the IOS.

Switch#delete flash:c3550-ipservicesk9-mz.122-40.SE
Delete filename [c3550-ipservicesk9-mz.122-40.SE]?
Delete flash:c3550-ipservicesk9-mz.122-40.SE? [confirm]
%Error deleting flash:c3550-ipservicesk9-mz.122-40.SE (Is a directory)

i did sh flash

Switch#sh flash

Directory of flash:/

    2 -rwx         285 Feb 28 1993 17:10:34 -07:00 info
    3 drwx         128 Feb 28 1993 17:13:59 -07:00 c3550-ipservicesk9-mz.122-40.SE
406 -rwx         285 Feb 28 1993 17:14:38 -07:00 info.ver
407 -rwx         580 Mar 21 2010 15:09:27 -06:00 vlan.dat
409 -rwx        2821 Mar 21 2010 15:50:45 -06:00 config.text
410 -rwx          24 Mar 21 2010 15:50:45 -06:00 private-config.text
411 -rwx        1048 Mar 21 2010 15:50:45 -06:00 multiple-fs

it shows that current IOS is drwx so how can i delete the c3550-ipservicesk9-mz.122-40.SE

many thanks

mahesh

glen.grant · ‎03-21-2010

It's a directory so you have to use " del /force /recursive flash:c3550-ipservicesk9-mz.122-40.SE .

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Leo Laohoo · ‎03-21-2010

Yes you are ready to go.

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glen.grant · ‎03-21-2010

It's a directory so you have to use " del /force /recursive flash:c3550-ipservicesk9-mz.122-40.SE .

mahesh18 · ‎03-21-2010

Hi glen

thanks for great reply

i did following

Switch#copy tftp://192.168.1.8/c3550-ipbase-mz.122-44.SE6.bin flash:
Destination filename [c3550-ipbase-mz.122-44.SE6.bin]?
Accessing tftp://192.168.1.8/c3550-ipbase-mz.122-44.SE6.bin...
Loading c3550-ipbase-mz.122-44.SE6.bin from 192.168.1.8 (via Vlan1): !OO!OO!OO!OO!OO!OO!OO!OO!OO!OO!OO!OO!OO!OO!OO!OO!OO!OO!OO!OO!OO!OO!OO!OO!OO!OO!
[OK - 6719771 bytes]

6719771 bytes copied in 146.552 secs (45852 bytes/sec)
Switch#sh flash

Directory of flash:/

    2 -rwx         285 Feb 28 1993 17:10:34 -07:00 info
    3 -rwx     6719771 Mar 21 2010 20:33:01 -06:00 c3550-ipbase-mz.122-44.SE6.bin
406 -rwx         285 Feb 28 1993 17:14:38 -07:00 info.ver
407 -rwx         580 Mar 21 2010 15:09:27 -06:00 vlan.dat
409 -rwx        2821 Mar 21 2010 15:50:45 -06:00 config.text
410 -rwx          24 Mar 21 2010 15:50:45 -06:00 private-config.text
411 -rwx        1048 Mar 21 2010 15:50:45 -06:00 multiple-fs

just want to make sure that ios is copied successfully as i see O in the output

thanks

mahesh

Jerry Ye · ‎03-21-2010

Use the verify command to make sure it is the same as the one posted on CCO before rebooting

verify /md5 flash:/image_name

HTH,

jerry

mahesh18 · ‎03-21-2010

Hi,

thanks for help

here is output

Switch#verify /md5 flash:/c3550-ipbase-mz.122-44.SE6.bin
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

...................................................................Done!
verify /md5 (flash:/c3550-ipbase-mz.122-44.SE6.bin) = 9fab1c87835b467b998bb917135786c5

does it shows i am all set?

Leo Laohoo · ‎03-21-2010

Yes you are ready to go.

mahesh18 · ‎03-21-2010

Hi leolaohoo

thanks for confirming it.

one last question what does O mean while IOS was being copied to flash?

does it mean slowness?

mahesh

Leo Laohoo · ‎03-22-2010

It's good that you ask. In my humble experience, when you get "O" and your upgrade failed, mostly it's because there's not enough flash memory space. You won't get the explaination of "not enough space" when you are dealing with old appliance such as the 2900/3500 but starting from the 2940/2950 and up (not sure about the 2948G).

Now, when you get "O" but your upgrade is successful, it only means that your WAN/LAN link is pretty slow. (Like pumping a 2900XL IOS using a 256k satellite link, lucky I didn't have heart attack!)

Hope this helps.