[cisco-voip] Compact Flash Upgrade on a 2821 Router

[Mike King]

Thanks, That made it a bit easier.

I still had to shut the router down to upgrade the RAM, but doing the
compact flash live at least let me know that that part worked before
shutting off the router.

Mike
On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Nate VanMaren <VanMarenNP at ldschurch.org>wrote:

>  No need to take the router down to play with the CF.  I would format the
> new CF in the router before you copy the files onto it.  Some platforms
> format a little different than others I think.****
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> *From:* cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:
> cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] *On Behalf Of *Mike King
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 12, 2011 5:42 PM
> *To:* Cisco VoIPoE List
> *Subject:* [cisco-voip] Compact Flash Upgrade on a 2821 Router****
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> I have a few routers I have to upgrade the Compact flash (CF) on for an
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> I'm just verifiying my proceedure.****
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> Power down equipment****
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> Take out old CF card****
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> Place Old CF card in windows device****
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> Copy contents to temporary directory****
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> Place New CF card in windows device****
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> Copy contents to Root of CF card.****
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> Place  new CF card in equipment****
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> Turn on equipment, monitor boot with Console to verify system boots
> normally.****
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> Any gotchas I should worry about?  It's a cisco branded CF card, so I'm
> assuming it should have the correct format on it (I believe it's FAT16A)**
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