Cisco 4700M Administration Manual page 46
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Setting Up the ACE
Detailed Steps
Follow these steps to instruct the ACE to bypass the startup-configuration file during the boot process
from the GRUB bootloader:
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Enter the config-register command so that upon reboot the ACE boots to the GRUB bootloader. See
the
"Setting the Boot Method from the Configuration Register"
Reboot the ACE. See the
"Restarting the ACE"
bootloader.
Press Esc when the countdown initiates on the GNU GRUB multiboot loader. The following GRUB
menu appears.
GNU GRUB
version 0.95
******************************************************************
*
image(c4710ace-mz.A3_1_0.bin)
*
image(c4710ace-mz.A1_8_0A.bin)
*
*
* ******************************************************************
In the GRUB menu, use the arrow keys to select from the ACE images loaded in Flash memory. The
ACE image entry is highlighted in the list.
Type e to edit the kernel command line. If the boot string is greater than one line, you must press e
a second time. Append
ignorestartupcfg=1
For example, the following illustrates the screen output when you first type e:
******************************************************************
* kernel=(hd0,1)/c4710ace-mz.A3_1_0.bin ro root=LABEL=/ auto consol*
*
******************************************************************
For example, the following illustrates the screen output when you press e a second time:
< auto console=ttyS0,9600n8 quiet bigphysarea=32768
At this point, append
ignorestartupcfg=1
< auto console=ttyS0,9600n8 quiet bigphysarea=32768 ignorestartupcfg=1
Press enter to return to the previous GRUB menu.
Press b to boot with this modified boot string.The ACE boot screen appears as follows:
When you instruct the ACE to bypass the startup-configuration file stored on the appliance, after
you boot the ACE and the startup-configuration file is empty (typically for a new ACE), the ACE
will automatically launch the setup script to enable connectivity to the ACE Device Manager
GUI (see the
"Connecting and Logging In to the ACE"
screens appears as described in the output below. If necessary, you can manually launch the setup
script using the setup command in Exec mode.
kernel=(hd0,1)/c4710ace-mz.A3_1_0.bin ro root=LABEL=/ auto console=ttyS0,96
00n8 quiet bigphysarea=32768
section. Upon reboot, the ACE boots to the GRUB
(639K lower / 3144640K upper memory)
. to the end of the boot.
after the second edit.
Chapter 1
Setting Up the ACE
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section). Otherwise, the ACE boot
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