Error squeezing flash: Help

[atcat]

Hi,

I just upgraded flash: memory from 12 to 24 Mb in my Cisco 837 router.
All went well, exept the following:

When I try to squeeze flash memory I get the error massage:

"%Error squeezing flash (Missing or corrupted log)"

And nothing is squeezed (reloading/restarting the router doesn't help).

I can't find any pointers to this problem (only 1 in Russsian...)

Here is a short listing:

!-------------
Cisco837#show flash:

System flash directory:
File Length Name/status
1 6819336 c837-k9o3sy6-mz.123-2.XC2.bin [deleted]
2 8187316 c837-k9o3sy6-mz.123-8.T3.bin
3 3883008 sdm.tar
(...)
[20445228 bytes used, 4720592 available, 25165820 total]
24576K bytes of processor board System flash (Read/Write)

Cisco837#squeeze flash:
Squeeze operation may take a while. Continue? [confirm]
First create squeeze log by erasing the entire device

%Error squeezing flash (Missing or corrupted log)
Cisco837#
!-------------

Anyone a suggestion?

Thanks in advance,
atcat

[mh]

There is a note on CCO that for 2600 and 3600 routers that a
filesystem has to be squueze once before use ( I assume before copying
files to it). Don't know if this aslo applies to you route rmodel.

The CCO article imples that one needs to:
1. format flash
2. squeeze
3. copy files
4. delete a file
5. squeeze

[atcat]

merv....@rogers.com (mh) wrote in
news:e092fc23.0409...@posting.google.com:

Thanks,

but the 837 version of the IOS software does not seem to support a
format command.

Anyone?

Atcat

[atcat]

atcat <nomail> wrote in news:Xns9569D3F972...@194.109.133.29:

Being set on the right track by merv, I found out how to do the trick:

First I had to "erase" the flash memory, now everything is o.k.

Thanks for the pointer.

atcat