[c-nsp] corrupted IOS image when transferring using PCMCIA card

[Cis Ckp]

Hi Neo Shi/anyone who knows,

> u cannot use the notebook's pcmcia slot with the
> 6509's memory card directly.

What if I get a USB-based Compact Flash card
reader that I can insert into my notebook's
USB port?  Will the copied image still be
corrupted.  I can get an unbranded reader for
only US$7 here.  My company is not paying for
these (though it's meant for work), so getting
ATA or any other memory cards that work is out
of the question.

I prefer not to use tftp or ftp server as
the MSFCs(6509) do not have an RJ45 module
& to do tftp, we have to open different
production firewalls & various approvals are
needed even to permit the firewalls
temporarily for tftp - too much of a hassle.

My last resort is to use a spare 6509 in the
store room (that has a RJ45 module card in it)
& I could always tftp the image into this 6509
from my notebook & then copy the image into
the Flash card.  I can then insert the Flash
card into the production MSFC(6509) & wait till
Sunday to dial in remotely to do the upgrade
from my home over the weekend  (our change/
maintenance window is 1-4am on Sundays).

To access this spare 6509 in the store room,
I'll need to get permission too as it's under
someone else's jurisdiction - so will most
appreciate suggestions for alternatives (that
won't cost me much - if I have to buy my own
ATA, it's probably worth it in the long run
as it saves me my travelling time & transport
expenses of coming in on Sundays).


Thanks to all the respondents
--- Vince <jhary at unsane.co.uk> wrote:
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net 
> > [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On
> Behalf Of Church, Chuck
> > Sent: 13 April 2005 15:41
> > To: Neo Shi; Cis Ckp
> > Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> > Subject: RE: [c-nsp] corrupted IOS image when
> transferring 
> > using PCMCIA card
> > 
> > I think it depends on the card.  I've used a 64
> meg card 
> > (which the switch refers to as ATA disk 0) in my
> laptop, and 
> > the CatOS was able to read from it.  The smaller
> flash cards 
> > aren't ATA to my knowledge, so they may not be
> compatible 
> > with a laptop.  Although after converting that
> switch to 
> > Native, I had to reformat, and the ATA card was no
> longer 
> > compatible with the laptop.  Definitely pays to
> keep an FTP server on
> > your laptop.   Now if I could find an RPC server
> for windoze...
> > 
> RPC as in sunrpc and NFS server? Try the cygwin one.
> www.cygwin.com
> 
> > 
> > Chuck Church
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> > PGP key:
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> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> > [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On
> Behalf Of Neo Shi
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 7:25 AM
> > To: Cis Ckp
> > Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] corrupted IOS image when
> transferring 
> > using PCMCIA card
> > 
> > u cannot use the notebook's pcmcia slot with the
> 6509's 
> > memory card directly.
> > 
> > On 4/13/05, Cis Ckp <cisckp8 at yahoo.com.sg> wrote: 
> > > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I downloaded an IOS to my notebook & copied this
> image to a PCMCIA 
> > > memory card & then insert this into our Cat
> 6509's slot0: & 
> > copy the 
> > > image over to the MSFC's bootflash as follows :
> > > 
> > > copy sup_slot0:c6msfc2-psv-mz.121-26.E.bin
> bootflash:/ Destination 
> > > filename [c6msfc2-psv-mz.121-26.E.bin]? <ENTER>
> !!!!! ...
> > > 
> > > However this image is corrupted as it cant be
> used to boot up.
> > > The very same image which is on the same
> notebook is fine 
> > when tftp'ed 
> > > over to the MSFC's bootflash.
> > > 
> > > Have anybody encountered this before?
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > CKP
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