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Cisco 3600 Series Routers Hardware Installation Guide
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Appendix B Using the ROM Monitor
ROM Monitor Command Descriptions
Entering Boot Commands
The boot command syntax is as follows, where:
• partition is a partition number in the Flash memory
• filename is the Cisco IOS image file name
• tftpserver is the IP address of the TFTP server
• -x directs the router to load the image but not execute the boot process
• -v (Verbose) specifies that progress print setting messages and error information be displayed
boot [flash: [partition: [filename]] | slot0: [partition: [filename]] | slot1: [partition: [filename]] |
filename tftpserver] [-x] [-v]
Some examples of boot commands are as follows:
Note In all boot commands, boot can be entered as b.
• boot—Boots from the first Cisco IOS image in the internal Flash memory.
• boot flash:—Boots from the first Cisco IOS image in the internal Flash memory.
• boot flash: partition:—Boots from the first Cisco IOS image in the specified partition in the internal
Flash memory.
• boot flash: filename—Boots from the specified IOS image in the internal Flash memory.
• boot flash: partition: filename—Boots from the specified Cisco IOS image in the specified partition
in the internal Flash memory.
• boot slot0:—Boots from the first Cisco IOS image in the first partition in the PCMCIA Flash
memory in slot 0.
• boot slot0:2:—Boots from the first Cisco IOS image in the second partition in the PCMCIA Flash
memory in slot 0.
• boot slot0: filename— Boots from the specified Cisco IOS image in the PCMCIA Flash memory in
slot 0.
• boot slot1:3: filename—Boots from the specified Cisco IOS image in the third partition in the
PCMCIA Flash memory in slot 1.
• boot filename tftpserver— Boots from the specified Cisco IOS image on the specified TFTP server
(after first booting from Flash). For example:
boot c3660-is-mz 172.15.19.11
Note Use the CLI commands show version and show hardware to see the source of the currently running
Cisco IOS image.