Nah, I'm always right ;)
the "tftp" keyword is default, so if you leave it out it will default to it anyways. One way is optimal, the other is not ;) And not to mention, i had a lot of trouble with one of my old 7000 getting it to work with the tftp keyword, but when i left it out everything worked like charm! --erlend At 20:32 04.10.2001, you wrote: >Erlend, you're half right. There's two ways to boot from TFTP. Yours and >"Cisco Nuts". This is his way (and from this output, you can also see where >you can use your method... >l >RouterA(config)#boot ? > bootstrap Bootstrap image file > buffersize Specify the buffer size for netbooting a config file > host Router-specific config file > network Network-wide config file > system System image file > >RouterA(config)#boot system ? > WORD TFTP filename or URL > flash Boot from flash memory > mop Boot from a Decnet MOP server > rcp Boot from a server via rcp > rom Boot from rom > tftp Boot from a tftp server > >RouterA(config)#boot system tftp ? > WORD Configuration filename > >RouterA(config)#boot system tftp c1600-j-p.bin ? > Hostname or A.B.C.D Address from which to download the boot config file > > >RouterA(config)#boot system tftp c1600-j-p.bin 172.16.1.1 ? > > >RouterA(config)#boot system tftp c1600-j-p.bin 172.16.1.1 > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of >> Erlend Ringstad >> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 1:33 AM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: tftp server download bombed!! [7:21975] >> >> >> the command is: >> boot system image ip >> not boot system tftp image ip >> >> At 04:34 04.10.2001, Cisco Nuts wrote: >> >Hello, >> >Just configured a 2501 router as a tftp server with the command: >> ># tftp-server flash:c2500-ins-l.120.bin 10 >> ># access-list 10 permit 172.16.12.0 >> > >> >Can ping to the client router at 172.16.12.2 >> > >> >On the client router configed the following: >> ># no boot system >> ># boot system tftp c2500-ins-l.120.bin 172.16.12.1 >> ># boot system rom >> ># config-register 0x010F >> ># end >> ># wr >> ># reload >> > >> >When ther router reboots, I get the following error msg. >> >"%SYS-4-CONFIG_NEWER: Configurations from version 11.3 may not >> be correctly >> >understood. >> >Loading c2500-ins-l.120-19.bin [File not found] >> >Flash boot: File 'c2500-d-l.113-11a.bin' open failed. >> > >> >Sleeping for 2 secs before next netboot attempt >> >Loading c2500-ins-l.120-19.bin [File not found] " >> > >> >And then the router finally boots to a R1-Moritz(boot)> prompt. >> > >> >Can someone help out? Please advise. >> >Thank you. >> >Kind regards. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >_________________________________________________________________ >> >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at >http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=22197&t=21975 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
