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COPY TFTP FLASH

lamav
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When you execute a 'copy tftp flash' command on a device that has different forms of flash, like sup-bootdisk: or bootflash:, where will the file land?

chgsw002-PVT6506#copy tftp flash ?

<cr>

chgsw002-PVT6506#

chgsw002-PVT6506#

chgsw002-PVT6506#

chgsw002-PVT6506#

chgsw002-PVT6506#copy tftp ?

bootflash: Copy to bootflash: file system

const_nvram: Copy to const_nvram: file system

disk0: Copy to disk0: file system

ftp: Copy to ftp: file system

null: Copy to null: file system

nvram: Copy to nvram: file system

rcp: Copy to rcp: file system

running-config Update (merge with) current system configuration

scp: Copy to scp: file system

startup-config Copy to startup configuration

sup-bootdisk: Copy to sup-bootdisk: file system

sup-image: Copy to sup-image: file system

syslog: Copy to syslog: file system

system: Copy to system: file system

tftp: Copy to tftp: file system

tmpsys: Copy to tmpsys: file system

chgsw002-PVT6506#copy tftp

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Edison Ortiz
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Hi Victor,

In my test, it defaulted to disk0:

Rack3-6509#copy tftp flash

Address or name of remote host []? 1.1.1.1

Source filename []? s72033-adventerprisek9_wan-mz.122-18.SXF8.bin

Destination filename [flash]? s72033-adventerprisek9_wan-mz.122-18.SXF8.bin

%Warning:There is a file already existing with this name

Do you want to over write? [confirm]n

Rack3-6509#dir /all

Directory of disk0:/

1 -rw- 80680004 Mar 28 2008 09:06:54 +00:00 s72033-adventerprisek9_wan-mz.122-18.SXF11.bin

2 -rw- 82558532 Jun 30 2008 12:13:48 +00:00 s72033-adventerprisek9_wan-mz.122-18.SXF8.bin

BTW, further testing reveals that the 'flash' is treated as filename and not the destination file system. The option is not valid.

See this example:

Rack3-6509#copy tftp test

Address or name of remote host [1.1.1.1]?

Source filename [s72033-adventerprisek9_wan-mz.122-18.SXF8.bin]?

Destination filename [test]? s72033-adventerprisek9_wan-mz.122-18.SXF8.bin

%Warning:There is a file already existing with this name

Do you want to over write? [confirm]n

__

Edison.

"In my test, it defaulted to disk0:"

So I guess the word "flash" in the command is not what directs the device where to place the incoming file.

Interesting. Im wondering what it would default to if a flash card was not in place.

Hmm..

Let me try to explain again :)

Flash was not listed as an option in my 6500 switch. It took the word flash in the command as a destination filename.

If I were to use flash: (which is the correct syntax), I get

Rack3-6509#copy tftp: flash:

^

% Invalid input detected at '^' marker.

Edison:

I did understand you.

The word 'flash' was taken by the router to be the destination file name, not the destination file system.

If you use the word "flash:" which is the true way to refer to the file system, the router rejects the command -- it isnt an option.

That having been said, you did download a file from the tftp server and the router did send it to disk0: Why? Why not sup-bootdisk: or bootflash: etc?

Thanks

On the hardware I tested, the dir /all only presented disk 0: as the only file system available,.

Remember bootdisk is the same as disk 0:. Disk 0: is the reference for file system > 32MB

HTH,

__

Edison.

OK, thanks Edison. I am going to investigate further. My switch has sup-bootdisk: bootflash:, etc.

Rated your help

Victor

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