Why can't I get a 2800 router to boot to new IOS image?

[hinesjrh]

I have the new image (12.4 T5) on the router along with the original IOS image (12.4 7g). I have the boot statement changed to reflect the new image, but it still boots to the old one. What am I doing wrong?

Vanguard#show run
Building configuration...

Current configuration : 10968 bytes
!
version 12.4
service timestamps debug datetime msec
service timestamps log datetime msec
service password-encryption
!
hostname Vanguard
!
boot-start-marker
boot system flash c2800nm-advipservicek9-mz.124-20.T5.bin
boot-end-marker
!
card type t1 0 0
logging buffered 51200 warnings
!
no aaa new-model
!
resource policy
!
clock timezone NewYork -5
clock summer-time NewYork date Mar 11 2007 2:00 Nov 4 2007 2:00
no network-clock-participate wic 0
!
!
ip cef
!
!
ip domain name nhacentral.com
ip name-server 10.3.0.16
ip name-server 10.1.0.161
ip name-server 10.1.0.162
ip multicast-routing
!
!
!
trunk group ANALOG
!
voice-card 0
no dspfarm
dsp services dspfarm
!
!
!
!
voice class codec 10
codec preference 1 g711ulaw
codec preference 2 g729r8
!
!
!
voice class h323 1
h225 timeout tcp establish 3
!
!
!
!
!
!
--More--



Vanguard#dir flash:
Directory of flash:/

1 -rw- 2748 May 7 2008 13:40:16 -05:00 sdmconfig-2811.cfg
2 -rw- 6389760 May 7 2008 13:41:16 -05:00 sdm.tar
3 -rw- 931840 May 7 2008 13:41:38 -05:00 es.tar
4 -rw- 1505280 May 7 2008 13:42:12 -05:00 common.tar
5 -rw- 1038 May 7 2008 13:42:34 -05:00 home.shtml
6 -rw- 112640 May 7 2008 13:42:50 -05:00 home.tar
7 -rw- 527849 May 7 2008 13:43:10 -05:00 128MB.sdf
8 -rw- 1697952 May 7 2008 13:43:42 -05:00 securedesktop-ios-3.1.1.45
-k9.pkg
9 -rw- 415956 May 7 2008 13:44:24 -05:00 sslclient-win-1.1.4.176.pk
g
10 -rw- 34124956 Jun 5 2008 19:58:44 -05:00 c2800nm-advipservicesk9-mz
.124-7g.bin
11 -rw- 1920430 Jun 13 2008 12:03:24 -05:00 moh.au
12 -rw- 55774568 Feb 14 2011 20:53:18 -05:00 c2800nm-advipservicesk9-mz
.124-20.T5.bin

261218304 bytes total (157794304 bytes free)
Vanguard#show ver
Cisco IOS Software, 2800 Software (C2800NM-ADVIPSERVICESK9-M), Version 12.4(7g),
RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Technical Support:

http://www.cisco.com/techsupport

Copyright (c) 1986-2007 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Wed 15-Aug-07 15:29 by stshen

ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 12.4(13r)T, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

Vanguard uptime is 7 minutes
System returned to ROM by reload at 21:01:07 NewYork Sun Feb 13 2011
System image file is "flash:c2800nm-advipservicesk9-mz.124-7g.bin"


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Cisco 2811 (revision 53.51) with 247808K/14336K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID FTX1219A2BQ
2 FastEthernet interfaces
2 Serial interfaces
2 Channelized T1/PRI ports
1 Virtual Private Network (VPN) Module
4 Voice FXO interfaces
DRAM configuration is 64 bits wide with parity enabled.
239K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
255488K bytes of ATA CompactFlash (Read/Write)

Configuration register is 0x2102

 

[hinesjrh]

With the help of Cisco TAC, I now have the issue corrected. I thought I would share the fix. It was a combination of me misspelling the IOS name (was missing an s in the advipservicesk9 name) and found that (unlike the way the Cisco upgrade documentation has it) a colon ) is required in the boot statement as:

boot system flash:c2800nm-advipservicesk9-mz.124-20.T5.bin

 

[burtsbees]

Uh, yeah---the : is required with every flash command except show commands .

Boiyt

Cisco IOS Software, C2600 Software (C2600-ADVENTERPRISEK9-M), Version 12.4(25c), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
Technical Support:

http://www.cisco.com/techsupport

Copyright (c) 1523-2010 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Thu 11-Feb-1539 23:02 by ßµ®†Šß€€Š

ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 12.2(7r) [ÝØÝØMØÑ], RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

Edge uptime is 469¼