3Com 6000 manual 44Chapter 5 Router Software Maintenance

44Chapter 5: Router Software Maintenance

8:Start up and ignore configuration

9:Boot Rom Operation Menu

a:Do not check the version of the software

b:Start application program from Flash

c:Start application program from Compact Flash

d:Exit and reboot

Enter your choice(1-d):

■This section describes Boot ROM maintenance using V10.05 as an example.

■“The entire Boot ROM image file” in the manual includes two segments: extended and basic. You can separately upgrade and back up the extended segment.

Boot Menu options are described in the following steps:

1Refer to the section “Upgrading Software Using Xmodem” to download an application image using Xmodem (Boot Menu option 1).

2Refer to the section “Upgrading the Application Image Using TFTP” to download an application image using Ethernet (Boot Menu option 2).

If you select this option, the following Net Port Download Menu appears:

Net Port Download Menu:

1:Change Net Parameter

2:Download From Net to Flash

3:Download From Net to Ram

4:Exit to Main Menu

Enter your choice(1-4):1

3Refer to the section “Upgrading the Application Image Using TFTP” to download an application image from the network to the CF card (Boot Menu option 3).

If you select this option, the following Net Port Download Menu appears:

Net Port Download Menu:

1:Change Net Parameter

2:Download From Net to CF

3:Download From Net to Ram

4:Exit to Main Menu

Enter your choice(1-4):

4Set the type of the application image file to change the boot file selection order or type of a boot file.

The dual image function is available with the router. By default, the system defines and attempts to boot in order with three boot files: main,