04-17-2007 10:22 AM - edited 07-03-2021 01:56 PM
I currently have a CIsco 1310 which seems to have died. For some reason it wont boot. No bootable files found. When trying to TFTP an IOS to it I keep getting Invalid Argument. Can anyone please help me with what I might be doing wrong. Thanks in advance.
04-18-2007 07:00 AM
when using the ROM loader, you always have to prepend the "drive" (filesystem), it does not default to flash:
Also you have to set environment variables to give it an IP and gateway to reach the TFTP server.
04-18-2007 09:21 AM
So would this statement be correct?
tar -xtract tftp://192.168.1.7/tftp/c130-rcvk9w8-tar.123-11.JX1 flash:
After tftp_init I enter the above command and it returns with invalid argument.
I am directly connected to it with a crossover cable, configured the 1310 with:
IP_ADDR 192.168.1.5
NETMASK 255.255.255.0
DEFAULT_ROUTER 192.168.1.1
Laptop with :
192.168.1.7
255.255.255.0
192.168.1.1
Using Pumpkin as tftp server:
it hits the pumpkin server fine but as soon as I grant access to the file I get the Invalid Argument error.
04-18-2007 09:27 AM
That's the right statement, IIRC.
But the same file I have ends with a .tar. Are you sure that's not a directory where you've already unpacked the tar on the tftp server, and not the tar file you think it is?
Also check that your TFTP server actually requires the absolute "/tftp/" path and not just the filename.
(note you are missing a "1" if you cut and pasted that.)
04-18-2007 09:42 AM
No I typed it in (*reference the missing "1" in 1310) and I also forgot to type the ".tar" part (Actually tried it with and without it). I've typed it out in notepad and copy/pasted in the console. Did not do that for this post. Also I tried it with and without the "tftp" directory.
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