Decompress Cisco IOS images in Linux
If you have any Linux distribution you can decompress Cisco IOS image using the dd command
Examples:
root@alaaheggaSRV#dd if=/dev/sr0 of=/home/hope/exampleCD.iso bs=2048 conv=noerror,sync
root@alaaheggaSRV#dd if=/dev/sda of=~/disk1.img
where
if is the input file
of is the output file
bs is bit start
For Cisco IOS images that are being used in GNS3 emulator use the below steps
now you have been decompressed the IOS.bin image
If you have any Linux distribution you can decompress Cisco IOS image using the dd command
Examples:
root@alaaheggaSRV#dd if=/dev/sr0 of=/home/hope/exampleCD.iso bs=2048 conv=noerror,sync
root@alaaheggaSRV#dd if=/dev/sda of=~/disk1.img
where
if is the input file
of is the output file
bs is bit start
For Cisco IOS images that are being used in GNS3 emulator use the below steps
now you have been decompressed the IOS.bin image