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Memory Replacement Instructions for the Network Processing Engine or Network Services Engine and Input/Output Controller
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Chapter 1 CompactFlash Disk, Flash Disk, and Flash Memory Card Information
Working with a CompactFlash Disk, Flash Disk, or Flash Memory Card
System#
Note that the size of the CompactFlash Disk, Flash Disk, or PC card is shown in the output of the dir
command. (A 48-MB Flash Disk is shown in this example.) You can also view the contents of other
directories and file systems using specific optional arguments with the dir command. (See Table 1-4.)
Using the format Command
To format a new CompactFlash Disk, Flash Disk, or PC card, use the format [dev:] command.
Note You must format a new CompactFlash Disk, Flash Disk, or PC card before you can use it. Flash memory
cards or Flash Disks shipped with I/O controllers or CompactFlash Disks shipped with the the NPE-G1
or NPE-G2 are formatted at the factory. Spare Flash memory cards are blank and must be formatted
before you can use them.
Caution The formatting procedure erases all information on the Flash Disk. To prevent the loss of important data
that might be stored on a Flash Disk, proceed carefully. If you want to save data that is currently on your
Flash Disk, copy the data to a TFTP server or to another Flash Disk before you format the new Flash
Disk. A Flash Disk that was shipped as part of a configured system contains a Flash Disk-compatible
Cisco IOS software image; therefore, you do not need to format it to use it in the system in which it was
shipped.
Use the following procedure to format a new CompactFlash Disk, Flash Disk, or PC card using the
format command. (The procedure assumes you have already booted your system.)
Step 1 Insert the Flash memory card into the appropriate PC card slot.
Step 2 Use the format dev: command to format the CompactFlash Disk, Flash Disk, or PC card. Use the
disk2:device name for a CompactFlash Disk, disk0: and disk1: device names for Flash Disks, and slot0:
and slot1: device names for linear PC cards. The following example shows a 48–MB Flash Disk in slot0
being formatted:
System# format disk0:
Format operation may take a while. Continue? [confirm]
Format operation will destroy all data in ‘disk0:’. Continue? [confirm]
Format:Drive communication & 1st Sector Write OK...
Writing Monlib
sectors.....................................................................
.......................
Monlib write complete
Format:All system sectors written. OK...
Format:Total sectors in formatted partition:81760
Format:Total bytes in formatted partition:49861120
Format:Operation completed successfully.
Format of disk0:complete
The new CompactFlash Disk, Flash Disk, or PC card is now formatted and ready to use in the system on
which you formatted it.
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