Do a 'show version'. The 2500 flash runs in read-only
mode unless you have enough DRAM and a compressed
image. At the bottom of the 'show version' output it
will say of flash is read-only or read/write.
The 2600 is read-write and shouldn't be giiving you
read-only.
--- Ron Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Christopher, This is a remote session to a WAN
> router in Boston. This session is
> without PPP, the error I'm getting is "%opening
> xmodem, read only file system."
>
> Christopher Larson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on
> 02/26/2001 12:18:21 PM
>
> To: Ron Stark/SanDiego/Cymer@Cymer,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> cc:
> Subject: RE: Flashing a 2600 series by modem
>
>
>
> Is the remote negotiating a ppp session or is it a
> straight serial
> connection? If you are dialing in directly w/o ppp
> then you will most likely
> want to do a reload and a break to get into rommon
> and then issue the
> command xmodem (or whatever it is) and upload the
> new IOS. If you go this
> route, change the speed of the console or aux port
> first so you are not
> uploading an entire image across a 9600 baud port.
> This will of course take
> much longer then a tftp upload, and there will be
> more downtime.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Stark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 1:49 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Flashing a 2600 series by modem
>
>
> Hey gang,
>
> I'm having trouble flashing a 2620 through a modem
> connection, any help
> would be
> appreciated.
>
> Ron
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