I've been doing 6500 upgrades recently to and found out the same thing, but haven't been able to find a doc saying so.
--- Patrick Donlon wrote: > I eventually worked it out. It seems that you can't > see a flash card on a RP > on a 6000. I'd done a lot of testing with a loaned > 6500 for upgrading from > Cat OS Hybrid IOS and back again, just in case. On > the 65 you can see the > flash and so boot from it in rommon, which is great > because I can leave my > old images on the bootflash. On the 6000 though, no > go, so I had to clear > out my bootflash and hope that I didn't have to > revert back and use all x > modem etc. Strange thing was though that I have 4 > identical 6Ks, 2 with Cat > OS and the other 2 with native IOS, the Cat OS 6ks > couldn't see the flash > card in the RP but could with the SP, the IOS ones > could see it no prob's. > > I couldn't find anything on the CCO about this, > maybe it's not possible on > the 65 to see the flash from the RP - I don't have > one to test, but my > documentation was (at least I thought it was before > Sat') pretty > comprehensive on the upgrade process. I know there > are issues with the > naming in the SP and RP and adding sup- to the > device name. > From you email it looks like you can, have you tried > this running hybrid or > only native? > > > Cheers > > Pat > > > ""MADMAN"" wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > What are you typing? > > > > Native6506#dir bootflash: > > Directory of bootflash:/ > > > > 1 -rw- 7110024 Mar 29 2002 12:48:52 > c6msfc2-js-mz.121-4.E1 > > 2 -rw- 1611604 Mar 29 2002 12:49:42 > c6msfc2-boot-mz.121-4.E1 > > 3 -rw- 528259 Mar 28 2002 07:19:26 > DRACO2_RM2.srec.121-4r.E > > > > shows the bootflash of the MSFC or RP in this > case. > > > > a dir slot0: will show the contents of the > PCMCIA card in the SUP > > module: > > > > Native6506#dir slot0: > > Directory of slot0:/ > > > > 1 -rw- 14780268 Oct 14 2002 10:36:19 > > c6sup12-js-mz.121-13.E.bin > > > > Dave > > > > > > Patrick Donlon wrote: > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > I'm upgrading a CAT6 from OS to IOS but I can't > see my flash card in the > > > route processor. I have another switch on CatOS > and I can't see the > flash > > > either, any tips??? > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > Pat > > -- > > David Madland > > CCIE# 2016 > > Sr. Network Engineer > > Qwest Communications > > 612-664-3367 > > > > "You don't make the poor richer by making the rich > poorer." --Winston > > Churchill [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=57660&t=57551 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
