Boot System - Cisco Catalyst 3030 Command Reference Manual

Chapter 2 Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3030 Cisco IOS Commands

boot system

Use the boot system global configuration command to specify the Cisco IOS image to load during the
next boot cycle. Use the no form of this command to return to the default setting.
Syntax Description filesystem:
/file-url
Defaults
The switch attempts to automatically boot the system by using information in the BOOT environment
variable. If this variable is not set, the switch attempts to load and execute the first executable image it
can by performing a recursive, depth-first search throughout the flash file system. In a depth-first search
of a directory, each encountered subdirectory is completely searched before continuing the search in the
original directory.
Command Modes
Global configuration
Command History Release
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Usage Guidelines
Filenames and directory names are case sensitive.
If you are using the archive download-sw privileged EXEC command to maintain system images, you
never need to use the boot system command. The boot system command is automatically manipulated
to load the downloaded image.
This command changes the setting of the BOOT environment variable. For more information, see
Appendix A, "Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3030 Boot Loader Commands."
Related Commands Command
show boot
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boot system filesystem:/file-url ...
no boot system
Alias for a flash file system. Use flash: for the system board flash device.
The path (directory) and name of a bootable image. Separate image names
with a semicolon.
Modification
This command was introduced.
Description
Displays the settings of the boot environment variables.
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