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WS-C3524-PWR-xl boot permission error

Hi

I am in the process of updating the software on a Catalyst 3500 series switch.  I deleted the old bin file and copied over the new file via xmodem.

I used this as a guide.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/customer/products/hw/switches/ps607/products_tech_note09186a00800946e5.shtml#table3

the image I used is:

c3500xl-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC17.bin

Once the xmodem copy is complete I performed the following sequence of steps:

File "xmodem:c3500xl-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC17.bin" successfully copied to "flash:c350

0xl-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC17.bin"

switch: dir flash:

Directory of flash:/

2    -rwx  430       <date>               env_vars

3    -rwx  94370     <date>               c3500XL-diag-mz-120-5.WC2a

4    -rwx  2648      <date>               config.text

5    -rwx  109       <date>               info

6    -rwx  25        <date>               snmpengineid

7    drwx  640       <date>               html

18   -rwx  109       <date>               info.ver

19   -rwx  616       <date>               vlan.dat

20   -rwx  1811584   <date>               c3500xl-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC17.bin

297984 bytes available (3314688 bytes used)

switch: set boot flash c3500xl-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC17.bin

switch: boot

Loading "c3500xl-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC17.bin"...c3500xl-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC17.bin: per

mission denied

Error loading "c3500xl-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC17.bin"

Interrupt within 5 seconds to abort boot process.

Boot process failed...

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The last output is where I am stuck.   What am I missing?

2 Replies 2

dumb mistake on my end.

switch: set boot flash c3500xl-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC17.bin

should have been:

switch: set BOOT flash:c3500xl-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC17.bin switch: boot

Boot is case sensitive. :-)

Hello,

the ROMMON shell is case sensitive

you are actually setting the value for a variable named BOOT that is the meaning of the command

Hope to help

Giuseppe

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