Final Report off shelf USB worked fine in 2811

From: Jason Aarons (jaarons@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Oct 09 2005 - 21:59:52 GMT-3


This was a 256 San Disk Cruzer Mini from Staples;

Router#dir
Directory of flash:/

1 -rw- 32813380 Oct 08 2005 22:04:26 +00:00
c2800nm-advipservicesk9-mz
.124-2.T1.bin
2 -rw- 1646 Oct 04 2005 04:04:00 +00:00 sdmconfig-2811.cfg
3 -rw- 4052480 Oct 04 2005 04:04:22 +00:00 sdm.tar
4 -rw- 812032 Oct 04 2005 04:04:38 +00:00 es.tar
5 -rw- 1007616 Oct 04 2005 04:04:54 +00:00 common.tar
6 -rw- 1038 Oct 04 2005 04:05:08 +00:00 home.shtml
7 -rw- 113152 Oct 04 2005 04:05:20 +00:00 home.tar
8 -rw- 511939 Oct 04 2005 04:05:36 +00:00 128MB.sdf

64016384 bytes total (24686592 bytes free)
Router#dir ?
/all List all files
/recursive List files recursively
all-filesystems List files on all filesystems
archive: Directory or file name
cns: Directory or file name
flash: Directory or file name
null: Directory or file name
nvram: Directory or file name
system: Directory or file name
usbflash0: Directory or file name
xmodem: Directory or file name
ymodem: Directory or file name
<cr>

Router#format usbflash0:
Format operation may take a while. Continue? [confirm]
Format operation will destroy all data in "usbflash0:". Continue?
[confirm]
Format: Drive communication & 1st Sector Write OK...

Format: All system sectors written. OK...

Format: Total data sectors in formatted partition: 501206
Format: Total data bytes in formatted partition: 256617472
Format: Operation completed successfully.

Format of usbflash0 complete
Router#copy flash:c2800nm-advipservicesk9-mz.124-2.T1.bin usbflash0:
Destination filename [c2800nm-advipservicesk9-mz.124-2.T1.bin]?
Copy in
progress...CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCCCCCCC
CCC

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  From: "Koen Peetermans" <k.peetermans@chello.be>
  To: "'Jason Aarons'" <jaarons@hotmail.com>
  Subject: RE: MEMUSB-64FT= versus off shelf 64MB USB drive from
  Wal-Mart?
  Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 21:05:44 +0200
>Most USB flash pens that are compatible with PC's AND Apple, and are
  NOT
>delivered with an installation CD-ROM (so without "special"
  drivers),
>seem to work on the ISR routers.
>
>Just take care that the size may not be bigger than 256MB since I
  had
>filesystem corruption with a bigger USB pen....
>
>For copying images from one to the other router, I think this may be
>acceptable as long as you do a verify flash:xxxxx
>
>Kr,
>
>Koen.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
  Of
>CCIEBOB
>Sent: zondag 9 oktober 2005 17:48
>To: 'Private Ryan'; 'Jason Aarons'
>Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: RE: MEMUSB-64FT= versus off shelf 64MB USB drive from
  Wal-Mart?
>
>I disagree with using Cisco compact flash when in production. Why
  should I
>spend $900 dollars for a 512 compact flash card from Cisco, when I
  can get
>the same compact flash for $100 dollars?
>
>It's the same flash, just re-branded to say Cisco. I checked into
  this,
>Cisco's' take is that you should only use Cisco compact flash. They
  won't
>even support a third party vendor that says it's "Cisco approved"
>
>Hey, it's just a static drive that your image is going to sit
  on. If it
>fails, replace it.
>
>Just my take on this.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
  Of
>Private Ryan
>Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 10:33 AM
>To: Jason Aarons
>Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: Re: MEMUSB-64FT= versus off shelf 64MB USB drive from
  Wal-Mart?
>
>cisco2811 seems using Compat Flash and you can try 3rd party 64Mb
>Compat Flash for trial. But you should use cisco compat flash when
>your router is put on production.
>
>
>2005/10/9, Jason Aarons <jaarons@hotmail.com>:
> > I have 8 2811s to upgrade from 12.3(11)T IOS to 12.4(2)T (needed
  for
> > HWIC-D-AP), can I buy a off the shelf usb 64MB flash drive,
  format it in
> > a 2811, copy flash:file.ios usb:file.ios and use it to upgrade
  all the
> > other 2800s?
> >
> > Or do I have to have a cisco MEMUSB-64FT= ?
> >
> > Is there something proprietary about the Cisco MEMUSB-64FT= ?
> >
> >
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