Entering Boot Commands

Appendix B Using the ROM Monitor

ROM Monitor Command Descriptions

The boot command syntax is as follows, where:

•partition is a partition number in the Flash memory

•filename is the Cisco IOS image file name

•tftpserver is the IP address of the TFTP server

•-xdirects the router to load the image but not execute the boot process

•-v(Verbose) specifies that progress print setting messages and error information be displayed

boot [flash: [partition: [filename]] slot0: [partition: [filename]] slot1: [partition: [filename]] filename tftpserver] [-x][-v]

Some examples of boot commands are as follows:

Note In all boot commands, boot can be entered as b.

•boot—Boots from the first Cisco IOS image in the internal Flash memory.

•boot flash:—Boots from the first Cisco IOS image in the internal Flash memory.

•boot flash: partition:—Boots from the first Cisco IOS image in the specified partition in the internal Flash memory.

•boot flash: filename—Boots from the specified IOS image in the internal Flash memory.

•boot flash: partition: filename—Boots from the specified Cisco IOS image in the specified partition in the internal Flash memory.

•boot slot0:—Boots from the first Cisco IOS image in the first partition in the PCMCIA Flash memory in slot 0.

•boot slot0:2:—Boots from the first Cisco IOS image in the second partition in the PCMCIA Flash memory in slot 0.

•boot slot0: filename— Boots from the specified Cisco IOS image in the PCMCIA Flash memory in slot 0.

•boot slot1:3: filename—Boots from the specified Cisco IOS image in the third partition in the PCMCIA Flash memory in slot 1.

•boot filename tftpserver— Boots from the specified Cisco IOS image on the specified TFTP server (after first booting from Flash). For example:

Note Use the CLI commands show version and show hardware to see the source of the currently running Cisco IOS image.

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