I will make a stab at what you are really asking here.. but I could be wrong.
The file comes in what is lovingly referred to as a *tarball* by the Unix geeks. It's a something akin to a ZIP file but based in Unix. When you use the command 'tar /x tftp://server_ip..blah..blah' you are telling the switch (which runs a form of Unix..BSD???) to get the file X.tar via TFTP and then run the TAR command with the /x argument. This whole thing will grab the file, download it and then extract each piece of the tarball into the proper file/directory. The tarball doesnt care about the TFTP server as long as it supports long file names. So you have an NT box running an NT TFTP server.. no big deal. Everything works just fine since the TAR command runs on the switch and not on the NT box. I hope that is what you were asking about or I seriously misunderstood the question :) MikeS -- Tutorials - Whitepapers - Security - Wireless- News Find me at www-dot-packetattack-dot-com ""Sharon Kantan"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi..Gaz and dear all.. I had read the document but I was confused by a > statement shown as below. The file that I download is the binary. *.bin and > the TFTP server is NT. tftp://IP/ seems like a UNIX format. What should > the format of the command for the winNT. Mine is not a tar file. > > > Step 15 Use the tar command to copy the combined .tar file to the switch. DO > NOT copy the HTML .tar file in this procedure as the .tar file combines > both the image and the HTML files into a single compressed file. > > Switch#tar /x tftp://server_ip_address//path/filename.tar flash: > Loading /path/filename.tar from server_ip_address (via VLAN1):!) > extracting info (111 bytes) > extracting filename.bin (1557286 bytes)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > html/ (directory) > extracting html/Detective.html.gz (1139 bytes)! > extracting html/ieGraph.html.gz (553 bytes) > extracting html/DrawGraph.html.gz (787 bytes)! > . . .(output Suppressed) > > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ > > > Besides, I found when I type sh flash on my switch there is no output. > Why? What is the difference between sh flash and dir flash: > > Cat29-L8-7#sh flash > ^ > % Invalid input detected at '^' marker. > > Cat29-L8-7#dir flash: > Directory of flash: > > 2 -rwx 1077215 Mar 01 1993 00:02:14 c2900XL-hs-mz-112.8-SA5.bin > 3 -rwx 81898 Nov 24 1998 05:03:59 c2900XL-diag-mz-112.8-SA4 > 4 drwx 11072 Mar 01 1993 00:11:10 html > 178 -rwx 1859 May 23 1993 03:00:22 config.text > 177 -rwx 270 Jan 01 1970 00:03:16 env_vars > > 3612672 bytes total (2010624 bytes free) > > > > >From: "Gaz" > >Reply-To: "Gaz" > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: why can't copy flash from TFTP? [7:34603] > >Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 07:54:01 -0500 > > > >Sharon, > > > >Have a look at the following URL: > > > >http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/473/36.shtml#CommonTftp > > > >Cheers, > > > >Gaz > > > > > >""Sharon Kantan"" wrote in message > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > Hi.. I tried to upgrade my switch IOS? But it seems fail. Please tell > >me > > > why? Config attached. > > > > > > Cat29-L8-2#copy tftp flash > > > copy to or from flash not implemented > > > > > > Cat29-L8-2#sh run > > > Building configuration... > > > > > > Current configuration: > > > ! > > > version 11.2 > > > no service pad > > > no service udp-small-servers > > > no service tcp-small-servers > > > ! > > > hostname Cat29-L8-2 > > > ! > > > enable secret XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX > > > ! > > > ! > > > ! > > > interface VLAN1 > > > ip address 50.100.165.241 255.255.254.0 > > > no ip route-cache > > > ! > > > interface FastEthernet0/1 > > > duplex full > > > ! > > > interface FastEthernet0/2 > > > duplex full > > > spanning-tree vlan 1 cost 50 > > > ! > > > interface FastEthernet0/3 > > > spanning-tree portfast > > > ! > > > interface FastEthernet0/4 > > > spanning-tree portfast > > > ! > > > interface FastEthernet0/5 > > > spanning-tree portfast > > > ! > > > interface FastEthernet0/6 > > > spanning-tree portfast > > > ! > > > interface FastEthernet0/7 > > > spanning-tree portfast > > > ! > > > interface FastEthernet0/8 > > > spanning-tree portfast > > > ! > > > interface FastEthernet0/9 > > > spanning-tree portfast > > > ! > > > interface FastEthernet0/10 > > > speed 100 > > > duplex full > > > spanning-tree portfast > > > ! > > > interface FastEthernet0/11 > > > spanning-tree portfast > > > ! > > > interface FastEthernet0/12 > > > spanning-tree portfast > > > ! > > > interface FastEthernet0/13 > > > spanning-tree portfast > > > ! > > > interface FastEthernet0/14 > > > spanning-tree portfast > > > ! > > > interface FastEthernet0/15 > > > description Boss's port > > > speed 100 > > > duplex full > > > spanning-tree portfast > > > ! > > > interface FastEthernet0/16 > > > spanning-tree portfast > > > ! > > > interface FastEthernet0/17 > > > spanning-tree portfast > > > ! > > > interface FastEthernet0/18 > > > speed 100 > > > duplex full > > > spanning-tree portfast > > > ! > > > interface FastEthernet0/19 > > > duplex full > > > spanning-tree portfast > > > ! > > > interface FastEthernet0/20 > > > spanning-tree portfast > > > ! > > > interface FastEthernet0/21 > > > spanning-tree portfast > > > ! > > > interface FastEthernet0/22 > > > spanning-tree portfast > > > ! > > > interface FastEthernet0/23 > > > spanning-tree portfast > > > ! > > > interface FastEthernet0/24 > > > spanning-tree portfast > > > ! > > > logging trap debugging > > > logging facility local1 > > > logging 50.100.167.22 > > > snmp-server community public RO > > > snmp-server chassis-id 0x10 > > > ! > > > line con 0 > > > stopbits 1 > > > line vty 0 4 > > > password tommy77 > > > login > > > ! > > > end > > > > > > Cat29-L8-2# > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > _________________________________________________________________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=59255&t=34603 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
