Booting From Flash Memory; Copying Image Files To Or From Flash Memory - Cisco 12416 Installation And Configuration Manual

Using RP Flash Memory Cards

Booting from Flash Memory

Copying Image Files to or From Flash Memory

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To boot from flash memory, the boot field in the software configuration register
(bits 3 through 0) must be set to a value between 2 and 15 (see the
the Software Configuration Register" section on page
Use the following command to enable booting from flash memory.
boot system flash device:filename
Where:
boot system flash device: is slot0:, or slot1:
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filename is the name of the configuration file
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Milo# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Milo(config)# boot system flash slot0:myfile1
This section describes how to copy image files to the flash memory SIMM on the
route processor, or to a flash memory card in slot 0 or slot 1.
You cannot copy a new Cisco IOS software image into the onboard flash memory
SIMM (also referred to as bootflash) while the system is running from that
onboard flash memory.
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