Cisco 1603 Router PCMCIA Flash card

[Doozer1]

Hello I hope you can help me,

I am trying to build an 1603 Cisco Router by instaling a newer version of an IOS and erasing the older version but the PCMCIA Flash card is set to Read Only. How can you change this to Read / Write so I can overwrite the Flash card. By the way there are no physical switches on the PCMCIA flash card changing from Read only to Read Write.

regards

 

[jimmyzz]

Doozer1
Not all flash cards are writeable. Three ways to confirm that your card is read-only.
1. If you do a sh version, it should say FLASH read-only.
2. No write-protect tab.
3. Usually there is a cisco sticker on the flash indicating the IOS code sold with the card.

You only option would be to go purchase a write flash card.

jimmyZ