Recovering From Locked Blocks In Flash Memory Cards - Cisco Gigabit Switch Router 12008 Installation And Configuration Manual

Copying a Configuration File from a Flash Memory Card to NVRAM
To copy a configuration file from a Flash memory card inserted in PCMCIA slot 0 or slot
1 to NVRAM, perform the following steps:
Step 1
Step 2

Recovering from Locked Blocks in Flash Memory Cards

A locked block in a Flash memory card occurs when power is lost or a Flash memory card
is removed during a write or erase operation. The only way to recover from locked blocks
in a Flash memory card is to reformat the card using the format command.
Caution
Issue the command for copying a configuration file from a Flash memory card
to NVRAM. This command takes the following form:
copy [ slot0: | slot1: ]:filename startup-config
where:
[ slot0: | slot1: ]:filename is the source of the file to be copied (the Flash memory
card inserted in PCMCIA slot 0 or slot 1).
startup-config is the destination (NVRAM) of the file to be copied.
To initiate the copy operation, issue the following command at the privileged
EXEC mode prompt:
Router# copy slot0:myfile startup-config
[ok]
Router#
Issue the following command to ensure that the startup configuration file, now
stored in NVRAM, is designated as the default running configuration file for the
system:
Router# copy startup-config running-config
Router#
%SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from memory by console
Router#
Formatting a Flash memory card erases all data on the card.
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