Cisco 1700 Manual page 2

Entering the ROM Monitor
Follow these steps to configure the router to boot up in ROM monitor mode the
next time it is rebooted.
Command
Step 1
enable
Step 2 configure terminal
Step 3 config-reg 0x0
Step 4
exit
Step 5 reload
Step 6
A break (system interrupt) is always enabled for 60 seconds after the router
Timesaver
reboots, regardless of its setting (on or off) in the configuration register.
During this 60-second window, you can break to the ROM monitor prompt by
pressing the Break key.
Cisco 1700 Series Router Software Configuration Guide
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Router Prompt Task
If there is an enable password configured, enter
Router>
the enable command and the enable password to
enter privileged EXEC mode.
Enter global configuration mode.
Router#
Reset the configuration register.
Router(config)#
Exit global configuration mode.
Router(config)#
Reboot the router with the new configuration
Router#
register value. The router remains in ROM
monitor and does not boot the Cisco IOS
software.
As long as the configuration value is 0x0, you
must manually boot the operating system from
the console. See the boot command in the
"Command Descriptions" section on page
After the router reboots, it is in ROM monitor
rommon 1>
mode. The number in the prompt increments
with each new line.
Appendix B ROM Monitor
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