Sample Upgrade Process; Working With A Compactflash Disk - Cisco 7301 Installation And Configuration Manual

Appendix B Using the CompactFlash Disk

Sample Upgrade Process

This section applies to users who want to use CompactFlash Disks for simple file storage.
Format your onboard Flash memory—called boot flash memory. (See the format command description
Step 1
in the
Upgrade your onboard Flash memory by copying the Cisco IOS Release 12.x boot image (the
Step 2
c7301-boot-mz) into onboard Flash memory. (See the
page
Copy the Cisco IOS Release 12.x software image from onboard Flash memory to the CompactFlash
Step 3
Disk.
Change the boot variables in your configuration file to point to the new Cisco IOS image in your
Step 4
CompactFlash Disk. (See the preceding section,
CompactFlash Disk-Based Software Image the Bootable Software Image" section on page
Reboot your system to load the Cisco IOS Release 12.x software image from the CompactFlash Disk.
Step 5
Insert a new CompactFlash Disk. (See
Step 6
page
With your system running Cisco IOS Release 12.x, format the blank CompactFlash Disk. (See the
Step 7
format command description in
on page
You should now be able to store configuration files and Cisco IOS software images on your
CompactFlash Disk.

Working with a CompactFlash Disk

This section provides basic instructions for working with a CompactFlash Disk in your system. Detailed
descriptions of more complex CompactFlash Disk options and the Cisco IOS File System feature are
beyond the scope of this publication and can be found in the following Cisco IOS Release 12.x
publications:
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These and all publications are available online, on the Documentation CD-ROM, and on Cisco.com. For
Note
information on how to access Cisco.com, see the
Request" section on page
This section includes the following subsections:
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"Software Command Overview" section on page
B-6.)
4-2.)
B-9.)
Configuration Fundamentals Configuration Guide, in the chapter "File Management"
Configuration Fundamentals Command Reference, in the chapter "File Management Commands"
xi.
Software Command Overview, page B-6
Using Software Commands, page B-7
Enabling Booting from a CompactFlash Disk, page B-12
Making a CompactFlash Disk-Based Software Image the Bootable Software Image, page B-13
B-6.)
"Software Command Overview" section on
"Boot Environment
"Installing and Removing the CompactFlash Disk" section on
Table B-2 on page B-6, and the
"Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service
Cisco 7301 Installation and Configuration Guide
Sample Upgrade Process
Variables," and the "Making a
"Using the format Command" section
B-13.)
B-5