From: Mounir Mohamed (mounir.mohamed@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Mar 12 2008 - 08:26:40 ARST
here you go.
Downgrade Procedure
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa70/pix_upgrade/upgrade/guide/
pixupgrd.html#wp1810347-- Best Reagrds,Mounir Mohamed> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008
14:27:26 +1100> From: ccieteam@gmail.com> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com> Subject:
Re: Help needed to Downgrade a PIX from 7.2(3) to 6.3> > The way to upgrade
from 6.x to 7.x is to first upgrade the software to> version 7.0 then do a
subsequent upgrade again to 7.2> > That mindset led me to the path of trying
to downgrade in the> reverse fashion. having tried it on the PIX which I've
tftp'ed the 6.3(5)> code and rebooting (as what Richard suggested on another
post), an error> upon bootup prompted the need of code 7.0.0 before I could
attempt to> downgrade (which led me in circles since Cisco doesn't have 7.0.0
on their> website). The code then reverted back to 7.1> > Your solution sounds
absolutely logical to me, and I'll definitely give it a> go sometime later
this week.> > Thanks Earl!> > Regards,> Alan> > > On 3/12/08, Hough, Earl
<Earl.Hough@sarcom.com> wrote:> >> > Alan,> >> > I've done this before. Most
important thing you can do is to do a "show> > ver" and write down the
activation key. The process of downgrading from> > 7.x/8.x back to 6.x will
wipe out that key and you will need to rekey it> > once you have 6.x code
loaded again on it.> >> > I don't know where you heard the 7.0.0 stuff being a
requirement. There> > is no official "downgrade". Basically, what you have to
do is to erase> > the flash, boot into rommon and tftp the image from there to
get it into> > the PIX515. Once you do, it will have to reformat the flash in
the> > older 6.x format, which wipes out the existing activation key, hence
why> > you need to print it out first! IIRK, once you have booted from the> >
tftp image which loads, you again have to tftp the image back to flash> > once
the flash has been reformatted in the older 6.x format.> >> > HTH> >> > Earl
Hough (RS/Sec)> > CCIE #16508> >> >> > -----Original Message-----> > From:
nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of> > Alan
Chng> > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:28 PM> > To: Cisco certification> >
Subject: Help needed to Downgrade a PIX from 7.2(3) to 6.3> >> > Hi All,> >>
>> > Has anyone recently performed a downgrade of firmware from> > Version> >
7.2 to 6.3?> >> > Reason I'm asking is I'm trying to stage a PIX to emulate a
Production> > environment which houses PIX515E on code 6.3(5), and although I
have the> > older firmware, I am unable to downgrade my test PIX to Version
6.3 as> > Cisco> > states that you need to downgrade it to version 7.0.0
before you can put> > it> > down to 6.3> >> > Problem now is, Cisco only
provides firmware 7.0.1 onwards.> >> > Is there any other way to downgrade a
PIX from version 7.2 to 6.3? (or> > does> > anyone out there have the 7.0.0
code)?> >> >> > Regards,> > Alan> >> >
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