[j-nsp] Creating an M7i boot PCMCIA card

[Joerg Staedele / Trusted Network GmbH]

Jee Kay schrieb:
> In the ongoing saga that is M7is and their harddrives, we've lost
> another battle in the war.
> 
> I now have a working M7i, a broken M7i with a new harddrive and a 256M
> PCMCIA flash card.
> 
> I'm trying to figure out how I create a bootable flash so that I can
> boot up the broken router, and how I then reinstall JunOS onto the new
> drive.
> 
> Does anyone have any hints/instructions on how exactly to do this? My
> guess is it'll be something like the follow but I need details :)
> a) Use working router to create bootable flash
> b) Boot broken router from flash
> c) Transfer JunOS from flash onto new HDD
> d) Reboot broken router from HDD
> 

Hi Jee Kay :)

You need to download the install-media of your desired JunOS version.
Then copy this image (on unix with dd) to that pcmcia card.

It will be able to boot and reinstall everything on your hdd.

But it will overwrite any existing data AND configuration!!


Thats it.

Regards,

Joerg