7200 Flash cards

[eurobadger]

Hi

Does anyone know a way of getting a (7204VXR) IOS file directly on to a PCMCIA flashcard from a laptop? I have a 7204VXR where the card is blank, and there is no valid file in Bootflash on the router itself.

At boot the router goes to ROMMON, as it cannot find a boot source,because all flash/PCMCIA is blank. I don't want to go into how we got to this state, but I currently do not have a working router to take these files from.

On the smaller routers I could do a tftpdnld from ROMMON, or do a boot from tftp, but I can't find a way to make that happen. Cisco's site says that the filesystem required on the PCMCIA card is type C. Can I generate that filesystem on a laptop, and then transfer the card to the router?

As a fallback, does a 7204VXR support an Xmodem load via the console?

Tanks
EB

 

[IPKONFIG]

Your last question is the answer I'd go with. Just xmodem onto the flash and when you get the router up and running format your PCMCIA card (in the router) and put your code on it as well.

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