[c-nsp] Yanking Compact Flash while the router is up...

Ray Burkholder ray at oneunified.net
Fri May 25 14:56:21 EDT 2007


Some machines have enough flash built in to accept downgraded IOS.  Swap the
external flash.  Power up, then upgrade the IOS again. 

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> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net 
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of 
> Jonathan Charles
> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 15:45
> To: ciscovoip; cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: [c-nsp] Yanking Compact Flash while the router is up...
> 
> So, I am curious, can you pull a CF card from a 2821 while 
> the router is up and running?
> 
> We need to replace flaky flash with a new one, but I would 
> rather not have to talk a remote tech (low skillset) through 
> a ROMMON TFTP operation..
> 
> If not, we can do it the hard way....but I have heard rumors 
> that it works...
> 
> If it does, what are the risks...
> 
> 
> 
> Jonathan
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