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Working with a CompactFlash Disk
This chapter provides basic instructions for working with a CompactFlash Disk in your system. Detailed
descriptions of more complex CompactFlash Disk options and the Cisco IOS File System feature are
beyond the scope of this publication and can be found in the following Cisco IOS Release 12.
x
publications:
•
Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Configuration Guide
, in the chapter “File Management”
•
Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Command Reference
, in the chapter “File Management
Commands”
Note
These and all publications are available on Cisco.com. For information on how to access Cisco.com,
see the
“Obtaining Documentation” section on page v
.
This chapter includes the following subsections:
•
Software Command Overview, page 6-1
•
Using Software Commands, page 6-3
•
Enabling Booting from a CompactFlash Disk, page 6-9
•
Boot Environment Variables, page 6-10
•
Making a CompactFlash Disk-Based Software Image the Bootable Software Image, page 6-11
Software Command Overview
This section lists some of the basic software commands you can use with the CompactFlash Disk.
Examples of these commands are included in the sections that follow.
The CompactFlash Disk and other memory devices and locations in your system are defined as
file
systems
, which are locations where you can store, use, or retrieve files and software images.
Table 6-1
lists the software commands that you can use with the CompactFlash Disk.
Note
You can use other arguments with some of the commands listed in
Table 6-1
; however, in
Table 6-1
and
throughout this document, command arguments are limited to those that apply to the CompactFlash Disk
and related file systems.
For a discussion of additional command arguments, refer to the
Cisco IOS
Configuration Fundamentals
Command Reference
document, in the chapter “File Management Commands.”