05-31-2007 12:06 PM - edited 03-05-2019 04:25 PM
using c3500xl-c3h2s-tar.120-5.WC17.tar to update it.
I get this error
Determining the total flash size.
Extracting the info file from the tar image.
Reading the info file of the tar image file.
Actual free space 361472
Required Space 2923984
Software upgrade failed.
There is insufficient flash space for the new image.
Total free space required is 2923984 bytes.
Remove unwanted files from the flash and upgrade again.
the 3512 has a 3mb flash drive. After the switch is live, can I then delete everything in the flash to free up the entire 3MB to upgrade with?
is there a better way?
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06-01-2007 03:31 AM
You will have to get rid of the existing file first . Then just copy your new file into flash.
Do not turn off the switch before getting a new image and boot statement inserted.
delete flash:c3500XL-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC3b.bin
also
delete flash:c3500XL-diag-mz-120-5.WC2a
You can do as above or try and follow cisco's too long explanation here .
05-31-2007 12:37 PM
can you do a "sh flash".
the new image requires around 3MB to load into the flash, but you've only this much "361472" left.
You'll need to delete the existing image of the flash first, then tftp the new image over. I don't recommend you delete everything in the flash, just delete the old flash image will do the job.
Make sure you've a copy of the switch config before doing the ios upgrade, and don't forget to set the boot path for the new image.
05-31-2007 01:59 PM
Do a dir flash: and see what is in there , you can get rid of any existing .bin files just make sure you do not turn off the switch until you get the new image into flash . If you have an image in a directory you can delete the directory with the delete /force /recursive flash:
05-31-2007 02:23 PM
Directory of flash:/html/
8 -rwx 3994 Mar 01 1993 00:04:04 homepage.htm
9 -rwx 1392 Mar 01 1993 00:04:04 not_supported.html
10 -rwx 9111 Mar 01 1993 00:04:05 common.js
11 -rwx 22062 Mar 01 1993 00:04:05 cms_splash.gif
12 -rwx 911 Mar 01 1993 00:04:05 cms_12.html
13 -rwx 1010 Mar 01 1993 00:04:05 cms_13.html
14 -rwx 2823 Mar 01 1993 00:04:05 cluster.html
15 -rwx 1280813 Mar 01 1993 00:04:45 CMS.jar
16 -rwx 74146 Mar 01 1993 00:04:52 CiscoChartPanel.jar
17 -rwx 1958 Mar 01 1993 00:04:54 Redirect.jar
and in the root
2 -rwx 1751867 Mar 01 1993 00:04:04 c3500XL-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC3b.bin
3 -rwx 94370 Dec 18 2001 21:14:29 c3500XL-diag-mz-120-5.WC2a
4 -rwx 272 Jan 01 1970 00:00:22 env_vars
5 -rwx 109 Mar 01 1993 00:03:14 info
7 drwx 640 Mar 01 1993 00:04:52 html
18 -rwx 109 Mar 01 1993 00:04:54 info.ver
19 -rwx 998 Mar 01 1993 00:03:34 config.text
06-01-2007 03:31 AM
You will have to get rid of the existing file first . Then just copy your new file into flash.
Do not turn off the switch before getting a new image and boot statement inserted.
delete flash:c3500XL-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC3b.bin
also
delete flash:c3500XL-diag-mz-120-5.WC2a
You can do as above or try and follow cisco's too long explanation here .
06-01-2007 06:24 AM
much appreciated. that did work and it allowed me to update the IOS.
thanks again.
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