How to upgrade Cisco 675 with linux?

http://www.qwest.com/dsl/customerservice/win675ups.html
download the file for your modem:
http://www.qwest.com/dsl/customerservice/downloads/675cbos2.4.3.exe

# unzip 675cbos2.4.3.exe
Archive: 675cbos2.4.3.exe
inflating: nsrouter.c675.2.4.3.bin
inflating: Release Notes for CBOS 2_4_3.txt
viola! you have your .bin file.


On Fri, 10 May 2002, Eric Richardson wrote:

> Patrick Fleming EA wrote:
>
> > I upgraded mine(678) using minicom. Once the settings were correct
> > in minicom as, set by using root, I did #minicom cisco (where
> > cisco is the name of the configuration file) Hit enter at the
> > minicom screen and you should get the cbos> prompt. Follow the
> > instructions on power cycling the modem then upload and
> > configuration from here:
> http://www.infomagic.net/pipermail/luna/2002-March/001335.html
> >
>
> >
> > I did find that if you hold down ctrl+C before powering back up you
> > are more likely to get the correct prompt the first time.
> >
> I tried this on the Mac but since I don't have the correct serial to USB
> adapter it wouldn't work-I could connect and get the prompt and such but
> after that it wouldn't work. I tried using the same file via minicom and
> I get a Communications error but I bet that the file is not recognized
> as it is probably in Macbinary format or something. The download for
> windows is an exe so that is not going to help. Cisco doesn't allow
> secondary customers to download the images so I'm stuck I think for the
> time being. One thing good is when the process fails, the system reboots
> to the old version.
>
> Eric
>
>
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