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Chapter 3 Booting the CSS
Booting the CSS on a Routine Basis
During a check disk, the CSS detects and recovers from the following error
conditions:
• File Allocation Tables (FATs) are out of synchronization
• Sector write truncation revitalization (may occur from a power loss at the
time the CSS is writing to the disk)
• Bad cluster identification and mapping in the FAT when reformatting the disk
• Crosslinked FAT entries
• Disk entry validation, name, size, cluster assignment, cluster chaining
• Recovery of lost clusters
The CSS cannot recover from sector failures within the first 754 sectors (for
example, boot, primary/secondary FAT, root directory entries).
The amount of time the CSS requires to perform a check disk is proportional to
the number of installed files and directories on the disk. The greater the number
of installed files and directories, the longer it takes to complete the check disk.
Logging into the CSS
After the CSS has completed the boot process, it displays the start-up banner,
copyright, and login prompt. If a startup-config is present, the CSS displays the
following message:
Press CNTRL-C to abort running the startup-config
When you abort running the startup-config, the CSS does not use the existing
startup-config. It enables you to log in and reconfigure the CSS to create a new
running-config. Use this feature if you misconfigure your startup-config and it
becomes unusable.
When you log in from:
• A console, the CSS prompts you to
Press any key to log in.
• A Telnet session, this message is not displayed.