Reformatting the Primary Flash Card

You can reformat the primary flash card. To do so:

1. Access Boot mode.
   1. From Privileged Exec mode, enter the reload command. Information about the reloading process is displayed.
   2. When the countdown begins, press the mb key sequence (case-insensitive).

      The CLI enters Boot mode (:boot## prompt). If you do not press the mb key sequence, the reloading process continues and returns the CLI to the normal User Exec mode.

2. Issue the flash-disk initialize command.

flash-disk initialize

• Use to reformat the flash card.
• You can perform a low-level format of the flash card.
• On the E120 and E320 routers only, you can use this command to format a second flash card installed as disk1. You can issue this command in Boot mode for either flash card. In Privileged Exec mode, you can use the disk1 keyword to access the unmounted second flash card while the router is in an operational state.
• This command is available for disk1 in Privileged Exec mode only on SRP 320 modules. This command is not accepted for disk0 in Privileged Exec mode.
• Example 1

  host1#halt primary-srp 
  host1#reload
  WARNING: Execution of this command will cause the system to reboot.
  Proceed with reload? [confirm] 
  Reload operation commencing, please wait...
  [ Press mb]
  :boot##flash-disk initialize
  
  

• Example 2—On an SRP 320 module

  host1#no mount disk1
  % Device is dismounted
  host1#flash-disk initialize disk1
  WARNING: Execution of this command will cause the contents of disk1 to be erased.
  Proceed with Flash disk initialization? [confirm]
  Please wait..............................

• There is no no version.
• See flash-disk initialize.

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