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Chapter 5
Maintaining the Cisco 7206
Removing a Flash Memory Card
Complete the following steps to remove a Flash memory card from either PCMCIA slot:
Step 1
Press the ejector button on the slot. (Refer to
Step 2
Grasp the card and pull it from the slot.
Step 3
Place the card in an antistatic bag.
This completes the steps for inserting and removing a Flash memory card.
Formatting a New Flash Memory Card
The Flash memory card that shipped with your Cisco 7206 contains the Cisco IOS software image you
need to boot your router. In some cases, you might need to insert a new Flash memory card and copy
images or backup configuration files onto it. Before you can use a new Flash memory card, you must
format it. (Use only Intel Series 2+ Flash memory cards.)
Note
To avoid potential problems when inserting spare Flash memory cards in your Cisco 7206, we
recommend that you reformat all of your Flash memory cards on a Cisco 7206 running one of the
recommended Cisco IOS software releases. The
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The following formatting procedure erases all information on the Flash memory card. To prevent the loss
Caution
of important data that might be stored on a Flash memory card, proceed carefully. If you want to save
the data on a Flash memory card, copy the data to a server before you format the card.
The following procedure assumes you have already booted your Cisco 7206.
Note
Use the following procedure to format a new Flash memory card:
Step 1
Using the procedure in the
the Flash memory card into slot 0. (If slot 0 is not available, use slot 1.)
Step 2
Format the Flash memory card using the format slot0: (or format slot1:) command as follows.
Router# format slot0:
All sectors will be erased, proceed? [confirm]
Enter volume id (up to 30 characters): MyNewCard
Formatting sector 1
Format device slot0 completed
Router#
The new Flash memory card is now formatted and ready to use.
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5-12" contains instructions that explain how to reformat a Flash memory card.
"Installing and Removing a Flash Memory Card" section on page 5-7
Formatting a New Flash Memory Card
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5-5, step c.)
"Reformatting a Flash Memory Card" section on
Cisco 7206 Installation and Configuration Guide
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