Booting From The Cisco Ios Software Image - Cisco 12406 Installation And Configuration Manual

IOS Software Configuration for the Router

Booting from the Cisco IOS Software Image

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After locating a valid Cisco IOS software image, you can boot from that image
manually by issuing the appropriate ROM monitor mode boot commands from the
list in Table 3-13.
Table 3-13 ROM Monitor Boot Commands
Command
boot
boot flash
boot slot0: filename
boot slot1: filename
boot bootflash: filename Boots the router using the specified file from the
boot tftp: filename
[host]
Ensure that the Flash memory card inserted in PCMCIA slot 0 contains a valid
Cisco IOS software image. Otherwise, the system will boot an invalid image from
the Flash memory card. To examine the contents of a Flash memory card, enter
the dir slotn: command.
If you did not change the contents of the software configuration register, the
factory default setting of 0x0102 in the software configuration register causes the
system to boot Cisco IOS software from a Flash memory card inserted in
PCMCIA slot 0 the next time you boot the router.
Description
(No argument.) Boots the default image found in the
onboard Flash memory SIMM. The image is loaded
into the SIMM at the factory.
Attempts to boot the router using the first file found
in the Flash memory card inserted in slot 0 of the RP.
Boots the router using the specified file from the
Flash memory card in slot 0 of the RP.
Boots the router using the specified file from the
Flash memory card in slot 1 of the RP.
onboard Flash memory SIMM (NVRAM) on the RP.
Boots the router using the specified file from a host
TFTP server in the network.
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