GNS3 Announcement: Want To Run An ASA? At Least Run The Code On PEMU
Written by LBSources from http://www.gns3-labs.com on November 22nd, 2008 | 28 CommentsFrom the GNS3.net official site..
A new tool called “Cisco image unpacker” has been added on the download page. This tool which is simple to use, can unpack Cisco ASA and IOS images to be used with GNS3, Pemu or Qemu. Please note that at the moment only ASA v7 and early images are supported in GNS3 and Pemu. Read the provided README file to know how to use it.
Cisco binary image unpacker is a software that allows you to unpack IOS and ASA images.
Important notice: ASA v7 images can be used in GNS3 and Pemu. At the moment ASA v8 images run only with Qemu.
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November 22nd, 2008 at 11:13 am
Great!!!!! Unpack once and go…
I miss you
No more ##################################### [OK]!
December 8th, 2008 at 12:32 am
cn u mail me that ios ..still i couldnt do it.. please
December 8th, 2008 at 8:11 am
Hello Gayan, Topologies is all that will be allowed to be shared here. Sharing Cisco IOS files is prohibited by this site and Cisco’s licensing agreement to those who own rights to Cisco IOS files..
December 8th, 2008 at 8:48 am
ok i asa802-k8.bin ios ..but i try to do wt u told.bt coulnt.cn u mail me to that loaded file or cn u share it in 4shared.com??
if u cn tell me how unpack asa802-k8.bin file to gns usable format??
December 8th, 2008 at 8:53 am
Hello Gayan, you have to check the GNS3 site for the unpacker.. http://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?groupname=gns-3&filename=Unpack-0.1_win.zip&use_mirror=superb-east
But here are the steps to unpack an ASA 8.0.x image..
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How to unpack ASA version 8 images?
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Image tested: asa802-k8.bin
[Linux]
$ python unpack.py –format ASA8 asa802-k8.bin
gzip: /tmp/asa802-k8.bin.gz: decompression OK, trailing garbage ignored
cpio: Removing leading `/’ from member names
cpio: dev/console: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
cpio: dev/ram0: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
cpio: dev/mem: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
cpio: dev/kmem: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
cpio: dev/null: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
cpio: dev/port: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
cpio: dev/hda: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
cpio: dev/hda1: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
cpio: dev/hda2: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
cpio: dev/hda3: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
cpio: dev/hdb: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
cpio: dev/hdb1: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
cpio: dev/hdb2: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
cpio: dev/hdb3: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
cpio: dev/ttyS0: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
cpio: dev/ttyS1: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
cpio: dev/net/tun: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
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ASA8 initrd successfully unpacked in asa802-k8.bin.unpacked.initrd
ASA8 kernel successfully unpacked in asa802-k8.bin.unpacked.vmlinuz
[Windows]
C:\Unpack>unpack.exe –format ASA8 asa802-k8.bin
gzip: c:\docume~1\admini~1\locals~1\temp\asa802-k8.bin.gz: decompression OK, trailing garbage ignored
cpio: Removing leading `/’ from member names
cpio: vmlinuz: Function not implemented
…
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ASA8 initrd successfully unpacked in asa802-k8.bin.unpacked.initrd
ASA8 kernel successfully unpacked in asa802-k8.bin.unpacked.vmlinuz
Create a FLASH file with the follwing command: “qemu-img create FLASH 256M”
Then you can use Qemu to launch ASA:
$qemu -hda FLASH -hdachs 980,16,32 -kernel asa802-k8.bin.unpacked.vmlinuz -initrd asa802-k8.bin.unpacked -m 256 –no-kqemu
-append “auto nousb ide1=noprobe bigphysarea=16384 console=ttyS0,9600n8 hda=980,16,32″ -serial telnet::15000,server,nowait
Finally start telnet to connect on port 15000:
December 9th, 2008 at 2:01 am
but when i try to unpack it give like this output..
C:\Unpack>unpack.exe –format ASA8 asa802-k8.bin
‘gzip’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
cpio: Removing leading `/’ from member names
cpio: vmlinuz: Function not implemented
cpio: Removing leading `/’ from member names
cpio: System.map: Function not implemented
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cpio: lib/modules/2.6.17.8/kernel/drivers/net/e100.ko: Function not implemented
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cpio: lib/modules/2.6.17.8/kernel/drivers/net/e1000/e1000.ko: Function not imple
mented
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cpio: lib/modules/2.6.17.8/kernel/fs/fat/fat.ko: Function not implemented
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cpio: lib/modules/2.6.17.8/kernel/fs/msdos/msdos.ko: Function not implemented
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cpio: lib/modules/2.6.17.8/kernel/fs/nls/nls_ascii.ko: Function not implemented
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cpio: lib/modules/2.6.17.8/kernel/fs/nls/nls_utf8.ko: Function not implemented
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cpio: lib/modules/2.6.17.8/kernel/fs/vfat/vfat.ko: Function not implemented
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cpio: lib/modules/2.6.17.8/kernel/lib/crc-ccitt.ko: Function not implemented
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cpio: lib/modules/2.6.17.8/kernel/lib/libcrc32c.ko: Function not implemented
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cpio: lib/modules/2.6.17.8/kernel/net/tipc/tipc.ko: Function not implemented
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cpio: lib/modules/2.6.17.8/modules.dep: Function not implemented
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cpio: lib/modules/2.6.17.8/modules.ieee1394map: Function not implemented
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cpio: lib/modules/2.6.17.8/modules.usbmap: Function not implemented
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cpio: lib/modules/2.6.17.8/modules.ccwmap: Function not implemented
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cpio: lib/modules/2.6.17.8/modules.isapnpmap: Function not implemented
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cpio: lib/modules/2.6.17.8/modules.inputmap: Function not implemented
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cpio: lib/modules/2.6.17.8/modules.alias: Function not implemented
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cpio: lib/modules/2.6.17.8/modules.symbols: Function not implemented
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cpio: bin/busybox: Function not implemented
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cpio: bin/tipc-config: Function not implemented
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cpio: bin/tunctl: Function not implemented
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cpio: dev/console: Function not implemented
cpio: Removing leading `/’ from member names
cpio: dev/ram0: Function not implemented
cpio: Removing leading `/’ from member names
cpio: dev/mem: Function not implemented
cpio: Removing leading `/’ from member names
cpio: dev/kmem: Function not implemented
cpio: Removing leading `/’ from member names
cpio: dev/null: Function not implemented
cpio: Removing leading `/’ from member names
cpio: dev/port: Function not implemented
cpio: Removing leading `/’ from member names
cpio: dev/hda: Function not implemented
cpio: Removing leading `/’ from member names
cpio: dev/hda1: Function not implemented
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cpio: dev/hda2: Function not implemented
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cpio: dev/hda3: Function not implemented
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cpio: dev/hdb: Function not implemented
cpio: Removing leading `/’ from member names
cpio: dev/hdb1: Function not implemented
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cpio: dev/hdb2: Function not implemented
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cpio: dev/hdb3: Function not implemented
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cpio: dev/ttyS0: Function not implemented
cpio: Removing leading `/’ from member names
cpio: dev/ttyS1: Function not implemented
cpio: Removing leading `/’ from member names
cpio: dev/net/tun: Function not implemented
cpio: Removing leading `/’ from member names
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cpio: lib/libpthread.so.0: Function not implemented
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cpio: lib/libthread_db.so.1: Function not implemented
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cpio: lib/libc.so.6: Function not implemented
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cpio: lib/ld-linux.so.2: Function not implemented
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cpio: bin/gdbserver: Function not implemented
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cpio: lib/libstdc++.so.6: Function not implemented
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cpio: lib/libgcc_s.so.1: Function not implemented
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cpio: lib/libdl.so.2: Function not implemented
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cpio: lib/libexpat.so.1: Function not implemented
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cpio: etc/inittab: Function not implemented
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cpio: etc/init.d/rcS.common: Function not implemented
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cpio: etc/init.d/rcS: Function not implemented
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cpio: asa/bin/lina: Function not implemented
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cpio: asa/bin/lina_monitor: Function not implemented
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cpio: asa/scripts/format_flash.sh: Function not implemented
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cpio: asa/scripts/fsck_flash.sh: Function not implemented
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gzip: c:\docume~1\gayan-~1\locals~1\temp\asa802-k8.bin.gz already exists; do you
wish to overwrite (y or n)? not overwritten
ASA8 initrd successfully unpacked in asa802-k8.bin.unpacked.initrd
ASA8 kernel successfully unpacked in asa802-k8.bin.unpacked.vmlinuz
asa802-k8.bin.unpacked.
asa802-k8.bin.unpacked. files ar in the folder..
then i create
C:\Unpack>qemu-img create FLASH 256M
Formating ‘FLASH’, fmt=raw, size=262144 kB
The flash file also there..
then hw i load asa to gns..i try to load that flash file ..but not work..
cn u help me to do that.. because it very useful to me ..
Thank you..
I appreciate if u reply me ….
December 9th, 2008 at 4:07 am
when i run qemu my processor go high..wt cn i do fo it..i cant load any image
December 9th, 2008 at 8:05 am
For PIX images you must use BES (Battle Encoder Shirase) to limit how much CPU priority Quemu will be given. For GNS23 - routers you use idlepc
Link to BES: http://mion.faireal.net/BES/
Read the GNS3 tutorial on how to use the idlepc option: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gns-3/GNS3-0.5-tutorial.pdf?download
December 10th, 2008 at 1:16 am
Thanks
but when i try to unpack it give like this output..
C:Unpack>unpack.exe –format ASA8 asa802-k8.bin
‘gzip’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
( ‘gzip’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, ) is this error??
then wt file i load to gns..
flash file or another one/????
December 11th, 2008 at 7:20 am
Maybe you are not an admin on the machine you are running this?
Also gzip exists in the unpack folder. So you either have not extracted the unpack archive correctly or you are manually doing something to remove necessary files.
December 14th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
then wt file i load to gns..
FLASH file or another one ?
December 15th, 2008 at 11:24 am
@gayan .. You can always try on your own,
but the .BIN file is the one to use once unpacked.
December 26th, 2008 at 1:23 am
in my laptop not running to console in gns3 soft ware
December 26th, 2008 at 1:27 am
pleasse reply to me
December 26th, 2008 at 10:39 am
@shiva Hello you need to describe your problem a little more before anyone can help you.
Are you saying that you cannot get to the console of a router after you started it?
What IOS are you using?
March 17th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
I tried to unpack asa803-k8.bin but I got error message
c:\Unpack-0.1_win\Unpack>unpack –format ASA8 asa803-k8.bin
” Couldn’t find any ZIP header in asa803-k8.bin ”
all unpack files and ASA image are in the same folder.
What should I do?
April 21st, 2009 at 5:38 am
pls tell how can i get the PIX IOS to work with GNS
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:04 am
@Sanjay .. having a look at the documentation will help you: http://voxel.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gns-3/GNS3-0.5-tutorial.pdf
April 26th, 2009 at 11:55 am
unpack.exe [--output file] [--format ]
C:\Users\…\Desktop\Reda New\GNS3\Unpack>unpack.exe -format ASA8 asa803-k8.bin
Warning: No format set, defaulted to ASA7
Couldn’t open ûformat
C:\Users\…\Desktop\Reda New\GNS3\Unpack>
what could be the problem?
May 1st, 2009 at 10:52 am
hi … i cant setup lab with 2 routers and pix, even if i try to do so, the pix goes to slow. wat can i do?
May 22nd, 2009 at 4:16 pm
I got this error.
C:Unpack>unpack.exe –format ASA8 asa802-k8.bin
‘gzip’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Can any body solve this??
July 31st, 2009 at 2:30 am
Hi LBSOurces,
I have been following this forum for quite a while.
Thanks a million for the great job.
Just wanted to know that have got a work around to
run ASA V8 on GNS 3 .
If yes then please help out with your expertise.
Thanks and regards,
September 25th, 2009 at 3:41 am
I tried to unpack asa821-k8.bin but I got error message
c:\Unpack-0.1_win\Unpack>unpack –format ASA8 asa821-k8.bin
” Couldn’t find any ZIP header in asa803-k8.bin ”
all unpack files and ASA image are in the same folder.
What should I do?
Same issue as Jun above.. Please help.
October 25th, 2009 at 6:48 am
Whenever i am loading asa image in gns3 it is always showing pix why it is not showing asa?
December 24th, 2009 at 5:32 am
i had problems with the instructions on this page.
Use the following steps to complete the unpacking:
1.Unpack the unpack.rar (in this example) in d:\gns3\unpack
2.copy asa802-k8.bin in d:\gns3\unpack
3.creat a .bat file and enter the text:
PATH=D:\GNS3\Unpack
unpack.exe –output asa802-k8 –format ASA8 asa802-k8.bin
4.start the .bat file
5.In d:\gns3\unpack you should find 2 files asa802-k8.initrd and asa802-k8.vmlinuz
January 20th, 2010 at 2:50 pm
I recieve an error everytime i try to unpack asa802-k8.bin
‘gzip’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
cpio: warning: skipped 133225 bytes of junk
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cpio: premature end of file
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "unpack.py", line 208, in
File "unpack.py", line 146, in unpackASA8
File "shutil.pyo", line 199, in move
File "shutil.pyo", line 91, in copy2
File "shutil.pyo", line 46, in copyfile
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: ‘c:\\docume~1\\jburford\\locals~1\
\temp\\tmp2mbgqe\\vmlinuz’
Any ideas on how to do this with no errors
January 27th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
C:\Unpack>unpack.exe –format ASA8 asa802-k8.bin
‘gzip’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
The system cannot find the file specified.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “unpack.py”, line 208, in
File “unpack.py”, line 146, in unpackASA8
File “shutil.pyo”, line 199, in move
File “shutil.pyo”, line 91, in copy2
File “shutil.pyo”, line 46, in copyfile
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: ‘c:\\docume~1\\yash\\locals~1\\tem
p\\tmpdirmhb\\vmlinuz’
February 11th, 2010 at 4:45 am
John and saket, try to use the comments of Dorin. But in the .bat file use for the second line “–” where you have “-”. Thank you to Dorin.
Dorin
December 24th, 2009 at 5:32 am
i had problems with the instructions on this page.
Use the following steps to complete the unpacking:
1.Unpack the unpack.rar (in this example) in d:\gns3\unpack
2.copy asa802-k8.bin in d:\gns3\unpack
3.creat a .bat file and enter the text:
PATH=D:\GNS3\Unpack
unpack.exe –output asa802-k8 –format ASA8 asa802-k8.bin
4.start the .bat file
5.In d:\gns3\unpack you should find 2 files asa802-k8.initrd and asa802-k8.vmlinuz