Specifications

56 Memory Replacement Instructions for the Network Processing Engine and Input/Output Controller
Copying a Bootable Image onto a Flash Memory Card
Use the following procedure to copy a bootable file (called new.image in the examples) onto the
Flash memory card:
Step 1 Boot the router and allow it to initialize.
Step 2 Insert a Flash memory card into slot 0 (use slot 1 if slot 0 is not available) and reformat
the card using the procedure in the “Reformatting a Flash Memory Card” section on
page 53.” Then proceed to Step 3.
Note You cannot boot from a Flash memory card that was formatted on another type of
system. You must reformat the card to use it as a boot source. To avoid potential problems
when inserting Flash memory cards in your router, we recommend reformatting all of
your Flash memory cards on a router running the Cisco IOS software release
recommended for your platform (see Table 12 and Table 13) during your regularly
scheduled service times.
Step 3 Using the following series of commands, copy the new image (new.image in the following
example) to the Flash memory card:
Router> en
Password:
Router# copy tftp:new.image slot0:new.image
20575008 bytes available on device slot0, proceed? [confirm]
address or name of remote host [1.1.1.1]?
loading new.image from 1.1.1.1 (via Ethernet1/0):!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[OK - 7799951/15599616 bytes]
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
Router#
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 Flash memory card.
Step 4 Use the following series of commands to designate the file new.image (in the Flash
memory card slot 0) as the default boot image and reboot the router:
Router# config terminal
Router(config)# no boot system
Router(config)# boot system flash slot0:new.image
Router(config)# ^z
Router# copy running-config startup-config
Router# reload
When the system reloads, it will boot the new.image file from the Flash memory card.