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Using the bconfig Command
You use the
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Format for the bconfig Command
To configure an interface for netboot, use the following format:
bconfig -d
To configure an interface for directed netboot, use the following format:
bconfig
You must use the
software image, and again to specify the location of the configuration file.
Refer to
Table A-5.
bconfig Command Settings
Option
Description
image
Indicates the router's software image.
config
Indicates the router's configuration file.
local
Indicates that the specified file (image or config) resides in the router's local file system.
network
Indicates that the specified file (image or config) resides on a remote file system.
<TFTP_host> Specifies the IP address of the TFTP server. If both the software image and configuration
file are on the network, both files must reside on the same host.
<TFTP_path> Specifies the complete pathname of the remote software image or configuration file.
-d
Reverts to the default values for the software image or configuration file and nullifies any
previously specified IP address and pathname for the file, thus disabling directed netboot.
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command to configure the boot option.
bconfig
To use netboot, you use the boot configuration command
that the ARN software image file or configuration file resides on the network.
To use directed netboot, you use the
address of the server and the full pathname to the software image and
configuration file.
To use local boot, you use the
configuration file and software image both reside on the local file system (that
is, the PCMCIA Flash card).
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image
config
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image
config
bconfig
Table A-5
for a complete description of the
Configuring the ARN for Netboot and Directed Netboot
bconfig
command to specify that the
bconfig
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[
local
network
<TFTP_host> <TFTP_pathname>
command twice: once to specify the location of the
bconfig
command to specify the IP
command.
bconfig
to specify
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