Re: Error writing new config file

This rings a bell...
please see that your flash filesystem is the same on working and non
working switches.

It happened to me on some equipment that FAT formatted flash did not
support the creation of directories, and this was hard to find at the time.

HTH,
-Carlos

EdmontonEsks @ 27/01/2010 14:21 -0300 dixit:
> Hey guys,
>
> Any logical explanation for this? after generation a cypto key, as soon as i
> issue the command "copy run start", it tends to save to a
> "flash:/private-config.text.new" which crashes some of my switches...
>
> Additional info -- i have another similar switch, same image, processor,
> same NVRAM & memory size etc. and it works fine with no messages nor
> crashing.
>
> I just have no logical explanation for this
>
> ==
>
> #sh crypto key mypubkey rsa | in generate
> % Key pair was generated at: 09:45:54 MST Jan 27 2010
> % Key pair was generated at: 09:48:49 MST Jan 27 2010
> % Key pair was generated at: 09:48:59 MST Jan 27 2010
>
> #dir flash:
> Directory of flash:/
> 2 -rwx 273 Dec 31 1969 17:01:11 -07:00 env_vars
> 3 -rwx 2544 Nov 27 2009 06:34:57 -07:00 vlan.dat
> 4 -rwx 110 Aug 23 1993 20:05:48 -06:00 info
> 5 -rwx 3721946 Jan 05 2010 20:17:46 -07:00
> c2950-i6k2l2q4-mz.121-22.EA13.bin
> 17 -rwx 1048 Nov 04 2009 10:42:34 -07:00 multiple-fs
> 22 -rwx 29029 Jan 26 2010 13:17:06 -07:00 config.text
> 6 drwx 832 Aug 23 1993 20:05:45 -06:00 html
> 19 -rwx 110 Aug 23 1993 20:05:48 -06:00 info.ver
> 23 -rwx 45 Nov 04 2009 10:42:34 -07:00 private-config.text
> 25 drwx 64 Feb 28 1993 17:00:18 -07:00 crashinfo
> 7741440 bytes total (2264064 bytes free)
> #copy run start
> Destination filename [startup-config]?
> Building configuration...
> Error writing new config file "flash:/private-config.text.new"[OK]
>
> Thanks,
>
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