Dell 9.7(0.0) manual Format flash S-Series, Fsck flash, Modes Command

format flash (S-Series)

Erase all existing files and reformat the filesystem in the internal flash memory. After the filesystem is formatted, files cannot be restored.

Syntax	format flash:
Defaults	flash memory
Command	EXEC Privilege
Modes
Command	This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms,
History	refer to the relevant Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
	The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.

Usage Information

Related Commands

VersionDescription

9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000-ON.

9.0.2.0Introduced on the S6000.

8.3.19.0Introduced on the S4820T.

8.3.7.0Introduced on the S4810.

7.8.1.0Introduced on the S-Series

You must include the colon (:) when entering this command.

After reformatting is complete, three empty directories are automatically created on flash: CRASH_LOG_DIR, TRACE_LOG_DIR and NVTRACE_LOG_DIR.

CAUTION: This command deletes all files, including the startup configuration file. So, after executing this command, consider saving the running config as the startup config (use the write memory command or copy run start command).

copy – copies the current configuration to either the startup-configuration file or the terminal.

show file-systems – displays information about the file systems on the system.

fsck flash

Checks the flash file system for errors.

Syntax	fsck flash:
	fsck usbflash:

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