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Chapter6 Maintaining the Cisco 7204
Formatting a New Flash Memory Card
Figure6-5 Inserting and Removing a Flash Memory Card
Formatting a New Flash Memory Card
The Flash memory card that shipped with your Cisco 7204 contains the Cisco IOS software image you
need to boot your router. In some cases, you might need to insert a new Flash m em ory c a rd an d co py
images or backup configuration files onto it. Before you can use a new Flash me mo ry card , yo u m ust
format it. (Use only Intel Series 2+ Flash memory cards.)
Note To avoid potential problems when inserting spare Flash memory cards in your Cisco 7204, we
recommend that you reformat all of your Flash memory cards on a Cisco 7204 running one of the
recommended Cisco IOS software releases listed in Software Advisor. The section “Reformatting a
Flash Memory Card” section on page6-12 contains instructions that explain how to refo rm at a Fla sh
memory card.
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