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Copying Cisco IOS Software Images between Flash Memory Cards

As future releases of Cisco IOS software become available, you will receive these images
either as a file booted from a network server, a file on floppy disk, or a file on a Flash
memory card.
The following scenario describes how to use a newly released Cisco IOS software image
on a Flash memory card in a system that has an older image on a Flash memory card in
slot 0 and a default boot Cisco IOS software image in the onboard Flash memory.
For this scenario, the filenames are as follows:
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The new image on the new Flash memory card is image.new.
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The old image in the Flash memory card in slot 0 is image.old.
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The bootable image in onboard Flash memory is image.boot. (Use the Cisco IOS
software image used by default to boot the system if no other images are available.)
You will copy the new Cisco IOS software image from the new Flash memory card onto
the Flash memory card that contains the old Cisco IOS software image.
Note
memory card in slot 0, alongside the old image. If there is not enough available space, use
the delete command to delete files from the Flash memory card to make sufficient room for
the new Cisco IOS software image; however, do not delete the image.old file. Then use the
squeeze command to remove these deleted files from the Flash memory card. (For
information on the squeeze command, refer to the section "Software Commands
Associated with Flash Memory," earlier in this chapter.)
If, after you have deleted files and used the squeeze command, the two files cannot coexist
on the Flash memory card in slot 0, remove this card (place it in an antistatic bag and store
it in a safe place), then insert the new Flash memory card (with the file image.new) in slot 0.
Proceed to Step 5 and use the command boot system flash slot0:image.new to designate
the file image.new as the default boot Cisco IOS software image.
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The scenario assumes that the new Cisco IOS software image will fit on the Flash