Trouble deleting image from flash Cisco SF 300-24

[Nicholas Johnson]

backuplo                rw       851760      26      30-Aug-2011 10:47:28  

directry.prv            --       65520       --      30-Aug-2011 10:46:37  

image-1                 rw      7274496    7274496   30-Aug-2011 10:46:37  

image-2                 rw      7274496    7274496   30-Aug-2011 10:46:37  

mirror-config           rw       131040     15725    20-Oct-2012 17:18:41  

sshkeys.prv             --       131040      --      30-Aug-2011 10:48:01  

startup-config          rw       131040     15487    10-May-2013 12:21:19  

syslog1.sys             r-       65536       --      10-May-2013 12:12:14  

syslog2.sys             r-       65536       --      10-May-2013 12:12:14

#show bootvar

Image  Filename   Version     Date                    Status

-----  ---------  ---------   ---------------------   -----------

1      image-1    1.0.0.27    28-Apr-2010  13:33:55   Not active

2      image-2    1.1.1.8     30-Aug-2011  10:46:34   Active*

"*" designates that the image was selected for the next boot

SF300#delete flash://image-1

Delete flash://image-1 [y/n]? y

Delete operation is not permitted on file flash://image-1

Am I missing something?  I'm not terribly familiar with the 300 series CLI.

Thanks in advance.

[Tom Watts · Accepted solution]

Nicholas, delete the image from flash is unsupported. (In other words, you can't).

-Tom
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[Nicholas Johnson]

Tom,

Thanks for the input.  If deleting the image that is not being used is unsupported, then how does one update the image on these devices?  If i can't delete one of the images I don't have enough room to add the newer image.

~Nick

[Tom Watts]

It will over write to the non-active image.

-Tom
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[Nicholas Johnson]

Seems I'm not able to overwrite that image Tom.  Any ideas?

SF300#$ftp://(ipaddressomitted)/Sx300_FW_1.3.0.62.ros flash://image-1
Overwrite file [flash://image-1] ?[Yes/press any key for no]....Cannot delete file image-1:nThe file is in use.
SF300#show bootvar
Image  Filename   Version     Date                    Status
-----  ---------  ---------   ---------------------   -----------
1      image-1    1.0.0.27    28-Apr-2010  13:33:55   Not active
2      image-2    1.1.1.8     30-Aug-2011  10:46:34   Active*

"*" designates that the image was selected for the next boot

SF300#show ver
SW version    1.1.1.8 ( date  30-Aug-2011 time  10:46:34 )
Boot version    1.0.0.4 ( date  08-Apr-2010 time  16:37:57 )
HW version    V01

[Nagaraja Thanthry · Accepted solution]

Hello Nicholas,

This link on firmware upgrade may help.

http://sbkb.cisco.com/CiscoSB/Loginr.aspx?login=1&pid=4&app=search&vw=1&articleid=950

Nagaraja

[koolandrew]

I realize this is an old thread, but i am stuck with an old firmware on the switch as the one i have that i am trying to make active wont take, as the bootloader wasnt installed prior to this new version. Now i cannot upload a bootloader so it will work, as there is no room. I have tried everything, I am not sure why upgrading firmware is such a challenge. Surely there must be a way to clear the inactive image.

Please help.