Cisco Systems CISCO7201 manual Sample Upgrade Process, Working with a CompactFlash Disk

Appendix B Using the CompactFlash Disk

Sample Upgrade Process

Sample Upgrade Process

This section applies to users who want to use a CompactFlash Disk for simple file storage.

Step 1 Format your onboard flash memory—called boot flash memory. (See the format command description in the “Software Command Overview” section on page B-6.)

Step 2 Upgrade your onboard flash memory by copying the Cisco IOS Release 12.x boot image

( c7200p-kboot-mz) into onboard flash memory. (See the “Software Command Overview” section on page B-6.)

Step 3 Copy the Cisco IOS Release 12.x software image from onboard flash memory to the CompactFlash Disk.

Step 4 Change the boot variables in your configuration file to point to the new Cisco IOS image in your CompactFlash Disk. (See the preceding section, “Boot Environment Variables,” and the “Making a CompactFlash Disk-Based Software Image the Bootable Software Image” section on page B-13.)

Step 5 Reboot your system to load the Cisco IOS Release 12.x software image from the CompactFlash Disk.

Step 6 Insert a new CompactFlash Disk. (See the “Removing and Installing the CompactFlash Disk” section on page 4-3.)

Step 7 With your system running Cisco IOS Release 12.x, format the blank CompactFlash Disk. (See the format command description in Table B-2 on page B-6, and the “Using the format Command” section on page B-9.)

You should now be able to store configuration files and Cisco IOS software images on your

CompactFlash Disk.

Working with a CompactFlash Disk

This section provides basic instructions for working with a CompactFlash Disk in your system. Detailed descriptions of more complex CompactFlash Disk options and the Cisco IOS File System feature are beyond the scope of this publication and can be found in the following Cisco IOS Release 12.x publications:

•Configuration Fundamentals Configuration Guide, in the chapter “File Management”

•Configuration Fundamentals Command Reference, in the chapter “File Management Commands”

Note These and all publications are available online, on the Documentation DVD, and on Cisco.com. For information on how to access Cisco.com, see the “Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines” section on page xviii.

This section includes the following subsections:

•Software Command Overview, page B-6

•Using Software Commands, page B-7

•Enabling Booting from a CompactFlash Disk, page B-12

•Making a CompactFlash Disk-Based Software Image the Bootable Software Image, page B-13

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