[c-nsp] 2800 unable to save config

[Jon Lewis]

I'd be much more inclined to just do the following:

show run (saved to a file by your telnet/terminal session)
reload
log back in
wr mem (does it work now?)

It sounds to me like an IOS bug, and I'd hate to write erase and then find 
that you're going to have to reload and start from nothing...especially if 
you're working remotely.

You could also try copy run tftp, and copy tftp start, to see if you're 
able to write to the nvram, but for whatever reason (IOS bug), IOS can't 
copy the running config to nvram itself.

On Sat, 4 Nov 2006, David Prall wrote:

> What happens if you do a "wr erase" then a "wr mem". Generally the out of
> space message is because the config is larger then space will allow, you
> only get 50% of NVRAM for the startup-config. "service compress-config" may
> help here. But, I never thought you could configure enough stuff on a 2800
> to need this.
>
> David
>
> --
> David C Prall dcp at dcptech.com http://dcp.dcptech.com
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
>> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of William
>> Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 6:39 PM
>> To: [c-nsp]
>> Subject: [c-nsp] 2800 unable to save config
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a 2800 running "2800 Software (C2800NM-ADVENTERPRISEK9-M),
>> Version 12.4(10)"
>>
>> At the moment I can't save the configuration, when I execute a 'wr
>> mem' I get the following:
>>
>> Router#wr mem
>> startup-config file open failed (Not enough space)
>>
>> Router#dir nvram:/
>> Directory of nvram:/
>>
>>   236  -rw-        2212                    <no date>  startup-config
>>   237  ----          46                    <no date>  private-config
>>   238  -rw-        2212                    <no date>
>> underlying-config
>>     1  -rw-           0                    <no date>  ifIndex-table
>>     2  ----          12                    <no date>  persistent-data
>>
>> 245752 bytes total (241394 bytes free)
>> Router#
>>
>> Also getting the following entry in my system messages when I execute
>> the wr mem command:
>>
>>  NV: Invalid Pointer value(43246C74) in private configuration
>> structure
>>
>> Can someone give me an idea on how to get round this?
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Will
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