Cisco Systems UBR7100E manual Copying a Bootable Image onto a Flash Memory Card

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Flash Memory Card Usage

Copying a Bootable Image onto a Flash Memory Card

After you have formatted a new flash memory card, you can copy a bootable image onto it. To copy an image, use the following procedure, which assumes the following:

•You have an I/O controller with a good image in the onboard flash memory single in-line memory module (SIMM) so you can start the router.

•The bootable image you want to copy to the flash memory card exists on a Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server to which you have access (meaning you know its name and have connectivity to it), and at least one interface is available over which you can access this server.

Note To ensure access to a TFTP server, you must configure at least one network interface on your router. For instructions on using this procedure, refer to the Cisco uBR7100 Series Software Universal Broadband Router Configuration Guide. See the “Related Documentation” section on page -viii

•You know the filename of the image you want to copy onto the flash memory card.

To copy a bootable file (called new.image in the following examples) onto the flash memory card:

Step 1	Boot the Cisco uBR7100 series router and allow it to initialize.
Step 2	Insert an unformatted flash memory card and format it using the procedure in the “Formatting a Flash
	Memory Card” section on page 6-8. Then proceed to Step 3.
	Note		If you have already formatted a flash memory card, you can use it to copy files. However, you
			cannot boot from a flash memory card that was formatted on another type of system. To use the
			card as a boot source, you must first reformat it on the router. To avoid potential problems when
			inserting flash memory cards in your router, we recommend reformatting all your flash memory
			cards during your regularly scheduled service times. The “Formatting a Flash Memory Card”
			section on page 6-8contains instructions that explain how to reformat a flash memory card.
Step 3	Copy the new image (new.image) to the flash memory card and make this image the default boot image.
	Then reboot the router using the following series of commands:
	Router> enable
	Password: <password>
	Router# copy tftp:new.image disk0:new.image
	20575008 bytes available on device disk0, 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]
	CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
	CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
	CCCC
	Router#
	Router# configure terminal
	Router(config)# no boot system
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