I had some really strange problem when trying to boot from tftp server for a 7200 running 12.1(5). Just curious whether anyone has seen this or not. 1. Here's the original config which doesn't work: boot system tftp c7200-js-mz.121-6.bin 10.0.0.248 boot system flash c7200-is-mz.121-5.bin I also have a tcpdump running on the 10.0.0.248 server and did not see any packet coming in for tftp at all. 2. Although I am pretty certain that I don't have to put the path tftpboot since that's the default dir on my server, we decided to add one line with path for test: boot system tftp tftpboot/c7200-js-mz.121-6.bin 10.0.0.248 boot system tftp c7200-js-mz.121-6.bin 10.0.0.248 boot system flash c7200-is-mz.121-5.bin surprisingly, after the first line fails, the seond line kicks in this time and I saw the reqeust from tcpdump(note the second line is the same as one I had in step 1): %Error opening tftp://10.0.0.248/tftpboot/c7200-js-mz.121-6.bin (Timed out) Loading c7200-js-mz.121-6.bin from 10.0.0.248 (via FastEthernet1/0): !!!!!!! 3. Since this doesn't make sense as why I can't use the "boot system tftp c7200-js-mz.121-6.bin 10.0.0.248" directly. I decided to try even more crazy things and it works: boot system tftp c7200-js-mz.121-4.bin 10.0.0.249 boot system tftp c7200-js-mz.121-6.bin 10.0.0.248 boot system flash c7200-is-mz.121-5.bin That there aren't even a tftp server at 10.0.0.249 at all. The only reason why we added this line was that we thought that there was a bug in the Cisco so that you have to trigger the tftp process first before it starts working. Note that in both step2,3 , we did not see any request for the first line of boot system config while we see the second line. I know this doesn't make too much sense, just curious whether anyone has seen this. Thanks. Richard _________________________________ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
