Sample Upgrade Process; Working With A Compactflash Disk - Cisco 7401ASR Installation And Configuration Manual

Appendix C 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
c7400-kboot-mz) into onboard Flash memory. (See the
page
Step 3 Copy the Cisco IOS Release 12.x software image from onboard Flash memory to the CompactFlash
Disk.
Step 4 Change the boot variables in your configuration file to point to the new Cisco IOS image in your
CompactFlash Disk. (See the preceding section,
CompactFlash Disk-Based Software Image the Bootable Software Image" section on page
Step 5 Reboot your system to load the Cisco IOS Release 12.x software image from the CompactFlash Disk.
Step 6 Insert a new CompactFlash Disk. (See
page
Step 7 With your system running Cisco IOS release 12.x, format the blank CompactFlash Disk. (See the format
command description in
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 Cisco.com. For information on how to access
Note
Cisco.com, see the
This section includes the following subsections:
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"Software Command Overview" section on page
C-6.)
1-7.)
Table C-2 on page
C-9.)
Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Configuration Guide, in the chapter "File Management"
Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Command Reference, in the chapter "File Management
Commands"
"Cisco.com" section on page
Software Command Overview, page C-6
Using Software Commands, page C-7
Enabling Booting from a CompactFlash Disk, page C-12
Making a CompactFlash Disk-Based Software Image the Bootable Software Image, page C-13
C-6.)
"Software Command Overview" section on
"Boot Environment
"Installing and Removing the CompactFlash Disk" section on
C-6, and the "Using the format Command" section on
xvii.
Cisco 7401ASR Installation and Configuration Guide
Sample Upgrade Process
Variables," and the "Making a
C-13.)
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