Installation guide

Managing Flash Cards
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Table 3-11 describes the flash card utilities. For more information, see the
procedures later in this chapter and the corresponding man pages.
The flash card commands accept a device name to identify the flash card:
/dev/rflash/c2a0d0 – The flash card in card-cage 2.
/dev/rflash/c3a0d0 – The flash card in card-cage 3.
To determine which flash card was used to boot the system, enter
showboot
To determine which device name corresponds to which card-cage, enter
ioscan -kfn -C flash
Table 3-11. Flash Card Utilities
Flash Card Utility Description
flashboot Copies data from a file on disk to the bootloader area on
the flash card. Use this command to copy the bootloader
to the flash card. The installation image is stored at
/stand/flash/lynx.obj.
flashcp Copies data from one flash card to another.
flashdd Copies data from flash images on disk to a flash card.
Use this command to initialize a new flash card with the
installation flash card image.
flifcmp Compares a file on the flash card to a file on disk.
flifcompact Eliminates fragmented storage space on the flash card.
flifcp Copies a file from disk to the flash card or from the flash
card to disk.
flifls Lists the files stored on a flash card.
flifrename Renames a file on a flash card.
flifrm Removes a file from the flash card.