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Memory Replacement Instructions for the Network Processing Engine or Network Services Engine and Input/Output Controller

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Chapter 1 CompactFlash Disk, Flash Disk, and Flash Memory Card Information

Copying Bootable Images Between Flash Disks or Flash Memory Cards

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Note In the preceding example, the exclamation points (!!!) appear as the file is downloaded, and the

“C” characters signify calculation of the checksum, which is a verification that the file has been

correctly downloaded to the PC card.

Step 4 Use the following series of commands to designate the new.image file (in slot 0) as the default boot

helper image and reboot the router:

Router# configure terminal

Router(config)# no boot system

Router(config)# boot system flash slot0:new.image

Router(config)# Ctrl-Z

Router# copy running-config startup-config

Router# reload

Insert the Compact Flash Disk, Flash Disk, or PC card into the default boot device for your router

(typically, this is slot0 for an I/O controller or the CompactFlash Disk slot for the NPE-G1 or NPE-G2).

When the system reloads, it will boot the new.image file from the memory card or disk.

Copying Bootable Images Between Flash Disks or Flash

Memory Cards

As future releases of Cisco IOS images become available, you will receive these images either as a file

booted from a network server, a file on floppy disk, or a file on a Flash Disk or PC Card. Use the

following procedure for copying bootable images between disks or cards so that you can use the new

software image in your router.

The following scenario describes how to use a newly released image on a Flash Disk or PC card in a

system that has an older image on a Flash Disk, or PC card in the slot 0, and a default boot helper image

in the onboard Flash memory.

For this scenario, the filenames are as follows:

• The new image on the new Flash Disk or PC card is new.image.

• The old image on the Flash Disk or PC card in slot 0 is old.image.

• The bootable image in onboard Flash memory is boot.image.

You will copy the new image from the new Flash Disk or PC card onto the Flash Disk or PC card that

contains the old image.

Note The scenario assumes that the new image will fit on the Flash Disk or PC card in slot 0, alongside the

old image. If there is not enough available space, use the delete command to delete files from the card

to make sufficient room for the new image; however, do not delete the old.image file. If you are using a

Flash Disk or PC card, you must then use the squeeze command to make the deleted space available for

new files. If, after you have deleted files and used the squeeze command, the two files cannot coexist on