Chapter 2
Catalyst 2960 Switch Cisco IOS Commands
boot boothlpr
Use the boot boothlpr global configuration command to load a special Cisco IOS image, which when
loaded into memory, can load a second Cisco IOS image into memory and launch it. This variable is used
only for internal development and testing. Use the no form of this command to return to the default setting.
Syntax Description
filesystem:
/file-url
Defaults
No helper image is loaded.
Command Modes
Global configuration
Command History
Release
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Usage Guidelines
Filenames and directory names are case sensitive.
This command changes the setting of the BOOTHLPR environment variable. For more information, see
Appendix A, "Catalyst 2960 Switch Bootloader Commands."
Related Commands
Command
show boot
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boot boothlpr filesystem:/file-url
no boot boothlpr
Alias for a flash file system. Use flash: for the system board flash device.
The path (directory) and name of a bootable helper image.
Modification
This command was introduced.
Description
Displays the settings of the boot environment variables.
Catalyst 2960 Switch Command Reference
boot boothlpr
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