xmodem...

i was getting tired by the last router upgrade from smi to emi...

but first a moment from our sponsor, the 3550 switch...
the default baud rate out of the box is 9600 for a console connection, however, did you know that this cannot be changed using the configuration register... 3560's either...  so i have what appears to be a baud rate incompatibility with my console connection because after setting the term to 9600, 8, none. 1, i get weird ascii creatures... that's a pain in the ass... hope i don't end up in rommon mode after next reload...

back to the ios upgrade... i delete the current ios in flash, copy run start, and reload the router...

shit...

after it came back it couldn't find an ios... flash was empty... i should have gone to bed... like i said, i was tired... it's been years since i've done an xmodem ios transfer... i set the baud rate on the router to 115200 and xmodemed away... 2 hours later i finally had an ios in flash again... duh...

here's the key...  don't be a hero and delete flash from the cli by hand... let copy tftp flash do it for you... it will prompt you to erase before loading the new ios, and you won't be sitting there all night watching exclamation points go across your damn screen because you bounced the router before you loaded the ios...

i am a dumbass...