I have a somewhat vexing issue, the router is running 12.3(9)
I am configuring this to be a spare for an existing 2621 which is running 12.0(7). I enter all the configuration information and when done do a write to save it and to test it out do a power cycle and when it comes back up it starts a dialog
--- System Configuration Dialog ---
Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]: no
And the configuration I entered is gone. So I try the same again, but instead of write, copy running-config startup-config command, power cycle and same thing, the config is gone. Now,
Router# dir all Directory of nvram:/
25 -rw- 2824 startup-config 26 ---- 5 private-config 1 -rw- 0 ifIndex-table
29688 bytes total (25783 bytes free) Directory of system:/
10 drwx 0 its 2 dr-x 0 memory 1 -rw- 608 running-config 9 dr-x 0 vfiles
No space information available Directory of flash:8820 c2600-ik9o3s3-mz.123-9.bin
16252924 bytes total (74040 bytes free)
Now when I look at the files, running-config appears larger even though DIR says it is less than 1/4 the size. What happened to the config I entered? Is there a better wat to rransfer the config from one router to the other rather than a cut-and-paste approach.
Router#more nvram:startup-config ! ! Last configuration change at 22:03:07 UTC Mon Oct 1 2007 ! NVRAM config last updated at 22:03:25 UTC Mon Oct 1 2007 ! version 12.3 service timestamps debug datetime msec service timestamps log datetime msec no service password-encryption ! hostname Router ! boot-start-marker boot-end-marker ! enable secret 5 $1$dhgS$51AbmNnbK10TMv.4Farvw1 enable password xxxxxxxxxxx ! no aaa new-model ip subnet-zero no ip routing no ip cef ! !
Router#more system:running-config ! version 12.3 service timestamps debug datetime msec service timestamps log datetime msec no service password-encryption ! hostname Router ! boot-start-marker boot-end-marker ! ! no aaa new-model ip subnet-zero ip cef ! ! ! ip audit po max-events 100 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! interface FastEthernet0/0 no ip address shutdown duplex auto speed auto ! interface Serial0/0 no ip address shutdown ! interface FastEthernet0/1 no ip address shutdown duplex auto speed auto ! no ip http server no ip http secure-server ip classless ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! line con 0 line aux 0 line vty 0 4 ! ! end
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