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Cisco MGX 8850 (PXM1E/PXM45), Cisco MGX 8950, Cisco MGX 8830, and Cisco MGX 8880 Configuration Guide
Release 5.0.10, OL-3845-01 Rev. B0, August 16, 2004
Appendix A Downloading and Installing Software Upgrades
Upgrade Procedures for RPM-PR and RPM-XF Cards
Step 8
To verify that the file was copied, enter the show flash: command.
Step 9
To set the BOOTLDR variable to specify the new boot software, complete the following steps:
a.
Enter the router global configuration mode
Router#
config terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
b.
Set the BOOTLDR variable to the new boot image to be loaded
Router(config)#
boot bootldr bootflash:
rpm-boot-mz_002.001.000.000
c.
Exit global configuration mode and save the new configuration.
Router(config)#
^Z
Router#copy run start
Destination filename [startup-config]?
Building configuration...
[OK]
d.
Verify that the BOOTLDR variable is set
RPM-XF#
show bootvar
BOOT variable = bootflash:rpmxf-......
CONFIG_FILE variable =
BOOTLDR variable = bootflash:rpm-boot-mz_002.001.000.000
Configuration register is 0x2
Step 10
To reorganize the bootflash so that the new boot software is loaded first when the BOOTLDR variable
is not set, complete the following steps:
a.
Because all files that precede the new boot image in bootflash have to be deleted, copy bootflash
files you want to save to the PXM hard disk using the following command.
Router#
copy bootflash
:
filename
x:
filename
b.
Mark all the files that precede the new boot image in bootflash using the del bootflash: command
as shown in the following example:
Router#
del bootflash:
Delete filename []? rpm-js-mz
Delete bootflash:rpm-js-mz? [confirm]
Router#
Tip
To unmark a bootflash file so that it won’t be deleted when the squeeze flash: command is run,
enter the undelete <number> command, where number is the file number displayed in the
left-most column of the show flash: command display.
c.
To delete all files that are marked for deletion from bootflash, enter the squeeze flash: command as
shown in the following example:
Router(boot)#
squeeze flash:
All deleted files will be removed. Continue? [confirm]y
Squeeze operation may take a while. Continue? [confirm]
Squeeze of bootflash complete
d.
Copy any previously saved bootflash files you want to use from the PXM hard disk using the
following command.
Router#
copy
x:
filename
bootflash
:
filename