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hello man
you can create a bat file like cisco_asa.bat and copy this in
PATH=C:\UNPACK
unpack.exe -output asa802-k8 --format ASA8 asa802-k8.bin



you need change the directory "c:\unpack" to your own directory which have unpack.exe in

ASA804 cannot be run by qemu. see this link for asa802

http://blog.gns3.net/2009/12/how-to-emulate-cisco-asa/

asa804 not working currently, reboots see here:-
http://7200emu.hacki.at/viewtopic.php?t ... d9a289c9b8

Don't even ask avout asa821 that does not work on qemu either. Your stuck with asa802.

I attempted it. If you are interested this is my attempt from linux:-

Look for the zip header (1f 8b 08 08) is across 2 lines:-
001228a0 9d bf 7e e3 f2 99 f9 eb d6 05 e9 3a 72 dc f3 2f |..~........:r../|
001228b0 df b7 b1 ff 95 ff 6f d4 7b f7 9e 85 a0 1f 00 1f |......o.{.......|
001228c0 8b 08 08 96 b6 9b 48 00 03 72 6f 6f 74 66 73 2e |......H..rootfs

Found at 001228bf = 1190079 is the decimal value
14137344 - 1190079 = 12947265
tail -c 12947265 asa804-k8.bin > asa804-k8.gz
gzip -d asa804-k8.gz

Happy ASAing!.

shaoshuanghu

hello man
you can create a bat file like cisco_asa.bat and copy this in
PATH=C:\UNPACK
unpack.exe --output asa802-k8 --format ASA8 asa802-k8.bin

you need change the directory "c:\unpack" to your own directory which have unpack.exe in
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boclozz

Solve the unpack bug on windows.......
The unpack worked for me on windows XP, after I copied "gzip.exe" file from the unpack folder to C:\WINDOWS\system32........

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Thanks a lot both of you guys. (boclozz, shaoshuanghu)
Yes. It worked for me either. The problem is the Windows "Path".

But there are still some problems when I configure interface and save config....
ciscoasa(config)# int e0/1
ciscoasa(config-if)# nameif inside
ERROR: open(np/port/id/1/-1) failed.
ERROR: open() failed.
ERROR: Failed to initialize interface inside
ERROR: Add interface failed.
ciscoasa(config-if)#

hi Jeremy,
Please post a step-by-step guide to use ASA8 on GNS3 0.7.
What parameteres should be provided Preferences>Qemu>ASA>kernal and initrd fields?
Thank you

There is a great video tutorial posted on how to run ASA in GNS3 0.7 in Windows Vista. It is awesome.

I tried & worked very well for me on my Windows Vista SP2 PC.

This is the URL - http://www.sadikhov.com/forum/index.php ... pic=177924 .

Please take a moment to respect & thank the original author "SAKET". He is a real genius.

Good luck & Happy "ASA" labbing........!

kani_wid

Hello
I'm running ASA on XP. I extracted initrd and kernel using Ubuntu and added jeremy's script to asa/scripts folder before compressing the image. ASA comes up fine and I can save configurations but when I try to open the project I get error "Could not set working directory to ASA_Practice on server qemu 127.0.0.1:10525." That means everytime I have to start a new ASA and configure it. I can shut it down and bring it back up and it has all the configuration only if i completely shutdown GNS and then try to open the project is when I get the error. Any ideas???

Hi moody,
I had the same problem. I can get ASA up and running, communicate to it and even save files to flash. However, whenever I shut down GNS3 and tried to restart and open an ASA project I would get an error about not being able to set the working directory.

Here is how I fixed it.
I simply edited the .net file and specified the full path to the QEMU working directory. See example below. The fix is highlighted in blue. I now have the ability to work with the project, save, close GNS3 and work again another day.

autostart = False
[qemu localhost:10525]
workingdir = C:\Program Files\GNS3\Projects\ASA\SNAA\SNAA-Lab1_working
udp = 20000
[[5520]]
kernel = C:\Program Files\GNS3\Images\asa802-k8.kernel
netcard = e1000
ram = 256
kernel_cmdline = auto console=ttyS0,9600 bigphysarea=16384 ide1=noprobe
initrd = C:\Program Files\GNS3\Images\asa802-k8.initrd.gz
options = -hdachs 980,16,32 -vnc :1
[[ASA ASA1]]
x = -103.0
y = -18.0
[GNS3-DATA]
configs = SNAA-Lab1_configs
workdir = SNAA-Lab1_working

Hello dnotini
I got it to work a while ago and then never came back to the forum. Thanks for help. Everything works fine now except I wish i could use ASDM without fiddler.

Solve the unpack bug on windows.......
Thanks to boclozz
just copy gzip.exe on windows and windows\system32