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Implementing Additional Configuration and Maintenance Tasks
Step 6 Set the configuration register to ignore the configuration file information as follows:
rommon 1> confreg
Configuration Summary
enabled are:
console baud: 9600
boot: image specified by the boot system command
or default to: cisco2-GRP
do you wish to change the configuration? y/n [n]: y
enable “diagnostic mode”? y/n [n]:
enable “use net in IP bcast address”? y/n [n]:
enable “load rom after netbootfails”? y/n [n]:
enable “use all zero broadcast”? y/n [n]:
enable “break/abort has effect?” y/n [n]:
enable “ignore system config info?” [n]: y
change console baud rate? y/n [n]:
change boot characteristics? y/n [n]
Configuration Summary
enabled are:
console baud: 9600
boot: image specified by the boot system command
or default to: cisco2-GRP
Do you wish to change the configuration? y/n [n]
You must reset or power cycle for the new config to take effect
Step 7 Initialize the router by entering the i command as follows:
rommon 1> i
The router power cycles, the configuration register is set to ignore the configuration file, and the router
boots the boot system image and prompts you with the system configuration dialog as follows:
--- System Configuration Dialog ---
Step 8 Enter no in response to the system configuration dialog prompts until the following system message is
displayed:
Press RETURN to get started!
Step 9 Press Return.
After some interface information displays, the prompt appears as follows:
Router>
Step 10 Enter the enable command to enter enabled mode.
The prompt changes to the following:
Router#
Step 11 Enter the show start-up config EXEC command to display the enable password in the configuration
file.
Step 12 Enter the configure terminal command at the EXEC prompt.
You are prompted as follows:
Router# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Router(config)#
Change the configuration register value back to its original value (noted from Step 3.)