[c-nsp] Upgrade from 12.2(17a)LD to 12.2(28)S gone horribly wrong...I think.

[loc.pham at comcast.net]

   Or if you do not have another box, load a minimum IOS into RAM and do your file sytem: format, copy from there.
  I upgrade a 3661 box with blank flash directly from RAM. Your box would do similarly, I think.
  HTH,
  lP.


> This is a perfect reason why you never want
> to have a flash media that the box can's boot
> directly from rommon on.
> 
> Don't save your configuration or you will lose
> what is there.  In fact I would do a:
> 
> copy start: slot0:backup.cfg
> 
> to save a copy of your configuration.
> 
> 
> Do you have console access to it?
> 
> If so you could reboot it and send a break
> to it and drop it to rommon.
> 
> Then do:
> 
> b slot0:<filename>
> 
> and it should boot the image directly.
> 
> Even if you don't have a boot image the box
> should still try and boot an image from slot0:.
> 
> Or you could take the flash card to another box
> and load the boot image on it and then put it
> back in the router and copy it to bootflash.
> 
> Rodney
> 
> 
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 07:11:22PM -0800, Aaron Glenn wrote:
> > Chalk it up to lazyness, pure naivete, or a deadly combination of
> > both, but somehow I've manage to toast a 7513 while going upgrading to
> > a newer IOS image. In my defense, it was for SAA functionality...(-:
> > 
> > After copying the bin to slot0, setting the proper boot system flash
> > parameter, writting to memory, and rebooting, the router comes up, but
> > doesn't see the other RSP nor the two ethernet and two DS3 cards in
> > it. Of course I didn't notice this fact until I tried to upgrade the
> > boot loader and couldn't connect to the tftp server.
> > 
> > Whoops.
> > 
> > I've got a formatted bootflash, and two IOS images on one flash card.
> > I'm afraid to reboot with the previous 12.2(17a) image because my
> > bootflash is...well...empty. I don't want to turn this router into a
> > nightstand.
> > 
> > Your suggestions on the best course of action are appreciated.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > aaron.glenn
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