Creating A New File System - Alcatel Omni Switch/Router User Manual

Creating a New File System

The command removes a complete flash file system and all files within it, replacing it
with a new empty flash file system. Use this command when you want to reload all files in
the file system, or in the unlikely event that the flash file system becomes corrupted.
To create a new file system and re-initialize the flash memory, enter
at the system prompt. The following will be displayed.
Press to cancel, or enter
load new software into the switch.
Do not power-down the switch after running the
command until you reload your image and configura-
tion files. Otherwise, you will have to reload the image
files at the boot monitor prompt using the serial inter-
face (e.g.,
Also, before you execute the
may also want to preserve your configuration file by
saving it to another host.
You can now download new files via
to create a new file system. If you enter , you will have to
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), which can take several minutes.
ZMODEM
or
FTP ZMODEM
Creating a New File System
command, you
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