Advanced Boot and Backup Configuration Information > Changing the Boot Image

Changing the Boot Image
To Boot From an Alternate Image Using cycli
If, for any reason, you want to change to another image from the current one, if you have access to the Web Manager, you can use the Config Æ Boot Configuration screen to select the other image, and then use the “Restart” button on the Mgmt Æ Restart screen to boot the OnBoard from the new location.
You have two other options if you cannot access the Web Manager:
Use the cycli utility
See To Boot From an Alternate Image Using cycli.
See To Boot in U-Boot Monitor Mode.
To Boot From an Alternate Image Using cycli
1.
Connect to the OnBoard from a terminal connected to the console port or create a telnet or ssh connection, and log in as root.
2.
Enter the cycli command.
# cycli
The cli> prompt appears.
3.
Enter the get bootconf command to check the current configuration to find out which boot command and boot image are being used.
In the screen example, hw_boot is defined as the bootcmd and image2 is defined as the image.
cli> get bootconf
...
...
4.
a.
Set the bootcmd to net_boot.
cli> set bootconf bootcmd net_boot
b.
cli> set bootconf serverip IPaddress
c.
cli> set bootconf bootfile allImage.1129-qa0
The currentimage environment variable is changed to boot from the specified image.

Advanced Boot and Backup Configuration Information > Changing the Boot Image