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...
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=22087&t=21975 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
