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ROM Monitor Commands

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ROM Monitor Commands Appendix C ROM Monitor Step 4 Step 5 Command exit reload Purpose Exits global configuration mode. Reboots the router with the new configuration register value. The router remains in ROM monitor and does not boot the Cisco IOS software. As long as the configuration value is 0x0, you must manually boot the operating system from the console. See the boot command in the "Command Descriptions" section in this appendix. After the router reboots, it is in ROM monitor mode. The number in the prompt increments with each new line. Timesaver Break (system interrupt) is always enabled for 60 seconds after the router reboots, regardless of whether it is set to on or off in the configuration register. During this 60-second window, you can break to the ROM monitor prompt by pressing the Break key. ROM Monitor Commands Enter ? or help at the ROM monitor prompt to display a list of available commands and options, as follows: rommon 1 > ? alias boot break confreg cont context cookie copy delete dir dis dnld format frame fsck help history meminfo mkdir more rename repeat reset rmdir set stack sync sysret tftpdnld unalias unset xmodem set and display aliases command boot up an external process set/show/clear the breakpoint configuration register utility continue executing a downloaded image display the context of a loaded image display contents of cookie PROM in hex Copy a file-copy [-b ] Delete file(s)-delete List files in directories-dir display instruction stream serial download a program module Format a filesystem-format print out a selected stack frame Check filesystem consistency-fsck monitor builtin command help monitor command history main memory information Create dir(s)-mkdir Concatenate (type) file(s)-cat Rename a file-rename repeat a monitor command system reset Remove a directory display the monitor variables produce a stack trace write monitor environment to NVRAM print out info from last system return tftp image download unset an alias unset a monitor variable x/ymodem image download Cisco 850 Series and Cisco 870 Series Access Routers Software Configuration Guide C-2 OL-5332-01

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C-2
Cisco 850 Series and Cisco 870 Series Access Routers Software Configuration Guide
OL-5332-01
Appendix C
ROM Monitor
ROM Monitor Commands
Timesaver
Break (system interrupt) is always enabled for 60 seconds after the router reboots, regardless of whether
it is set to on or off in the configuration register. During this 60-second window, you can break to the
ROM monitor prompt by pressing the Break key.
ROM Monitor Commands
Enter
?
or
help
at the ROM monitor prompt to display a list of available commands and options, as
follows:
rommon 1 >
?
alias
set and display aliases command
boot
boot up an external process
break
set/show/clear the breakpoint
confreg
configuration register utility
cont
continue executing a downloaded image
context
display the context of a loaded image
cookie
display contents of cookie PROM in hex
copy
Copy a file-copy [-b <buffer_size>] <src_file> <dst_file>
delete
Delete file(s)-delete <filenames ...>
dir
List files in directories-dir <directory>
dis
display instruction stream
dnld
serial download a program module
format
Format a filesystem-format <filessystem>
frame
print out a selected stack frame
fsck
Check filesystem consistency-fsck <filesystem>
help
monitor builtin command help
history
monitor command history
meminfo
main memory information
mkdir
Create dir(s)-mkdir <dirnames ...>
more
Concatenate (type) file(s)-cat <filenames ...>
rename
Rename a file-rename <old_name> <new_name>
repeat
repeat a monitor command
reset
system reset
rmdir
Remove a directory
set
display the monitor variables
stack
produce a stack trace
sync
write monitor environment to NVRAM
sysret
print out info from last system return
tftpdnld
tftp image download
unalias
unset an alias
unset
unset a monitor variable
xmodem
x/ymodem image download
Step 4
exit
Exits global configuration mode.
Step 5
reload
Reboots the router with the new configuration register value. The router
remains in ROM monitor and does not boot the Cisco IOS software.
As long as the configuration value is 0x0, you must manually boot the
operating system from the console. See the
boot
command in the “
Command
Descriptions
” section in this appendix.
After the router reboots, it is in ROM monitor mode. The number in the
prompt increments with each new line.
Command
Purpose