Cisco Router 7204 Installation And Configuration Manual page 116

Copying a Bootable Image onto a Flash Memory Card
Note
You know the filename of the image you want you want to copy onto the Flash memory card.
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Following is the procedure for copying a bootable file (called new.image in the examples) onto the Flash
memory card:
Step 1 Boot the Cisco 7204 and allow it to initialize.
Step 2 Insert an unformatted Flash memory card into slot 0 (use slot 1 f slot 0 is not available) and format the
card using the procedure in the section
Then proceed to Step 3.
Note
Step 3 Copy the new image (new.image in the following example) to the Flash memory card and make this
image the default boot image. Then reboot the router using the following series of commands:
Router> en
Password:
Router# copy tftp:new.image slot0:new.image
20575008 bytes available on device slot0, proceed? [confirm]
address or name of remote host [1.1.1.1]?
loading new.image from 1.1.1.1 (via Ethernet1/0):!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[OK - 7799951/15599616 bytes]
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
Router#
Note
Use the following series of commands to designate the file new.image (in the Flash memory card in
Step 4
slot 0) as the default boot image:
Router# config terminal
Router(config)# no boot system
Router(config)# boot system flash slot0:new.image
Router(config)# ^z
Router# copy running-config startup-config
Router# reload
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To ensure access to a TFTP sever, you will need to configure at least one network interface
using the setup command facility. For instructions on using this procedure, refer to
Chapter 4, "Performing a Basic Configuration of the Cisco 7204."
If you have already formatted a Flash memory card, you can use it instead; however, you cannot
boot from a Flash memory card that was formatted on another type of system. You must reformat
the card to use it as a boot source. To avoid potential problems when inserting spare Flash
memory cards in your Cisco 7204, we recommend that you reformat all of your Flash memory
cards on a Cisco 7204 running one of the recommended Cisco IOS software releases listed in
Software Advisor. The section
contains instructions that explain how to reformat a Flash memory card.
In the preceding example, the exclamation points (!!!) appear as the file is downloaded, and the
"C" characters signify calculation of the checksum, which is a verification that the file has been
correctly downloaded to the Flash memory card.
"Formatting a New Flash Memory Card" section on page
"Reformatting a Flash Memory Card" section on page 6-12
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