copying and booting form a flash image 1

[wellerw]

I have copied a new IOS image down onto a cisco 4500 catalyst switch, I used 'copy tftp bootflash', but now I have two images in my flash memory.

In my running config it says 'boot system flash {filename}.bin'

but when the switch boots it says 'booting from first ios in flash' which is the older one.

Is there a way of changing the order, or deleting the older one?

Thanks

 

[KiscoKid]

The 'boot system flash' command should tell the switch which image you want to load. Make sure this command is present and references your new image.

Conversely ensure that there is no such existing command that references the old image. If there is, remove it in config mode by preceding the same statement with a no in front of it, e.g.

switch(config)#no boot system flash xxxxxxx.bin

You can verify yout boot setup by issuing the 'show run' cmd.

 

[vipergg]

Sounds like the boot statement is incorrect . First get rid of the old statement "no boot system flash:<imagename> . then put in the following statement "boot system flash bootflash:<imagename> . Copy run start . Check boot variable with the "show bootvar" command , and also make sure the config register is correct at 0x2102 .

 

[wellerw]

HI,

I have add the command - boot system flash bootflash:<imagename>

then I changed conf register to 0x2102, but it says it cannot load the image file <filename>

it is definately spelt correctly and i tried it with the .bin at the end and without.

hmmmm

 

[vipergg]

The imagename is the name of of the .bin file you downloaded into bootflash not the name imagename . boot system flash bootflash: XXXXXXX.bin . Do a dir bootflash: and just copy and paste the imagename out of bootflash for the one you want to use . Get rid of the boot statement you just put in . The new statement should look like this "!
boot system flash bootflash:cat4000-i9k91s-mz.122-20.ewa.bin . Of course the image file name will be whatever you are using .