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Cisco 3900 Series, Cisco 2900 Series, and Cisco 1900 Series Integrated Services Routers Generation 2 Software Configuration Guide
Appendix C      Using ROM Monitor
  How to Use the ROM Monitor—Typical Tasks
Step 13
TFTP_TIMEOUT=time 
Example:
TFTP_TIMEOUT=1800
(Optional) Sets the amount of time, in seconds, before the 
download process times out. The default is 7200 seconds 
(120 minutes).
Step 14
TFTP_ACK_RETRY=time 
Example:
TFTP_TIMEOUT=6
(Optional) Sets the amount of time, in seconds, before the 
client will resend the ACK packet to indicate to the server 
to continue transmission of the remaining packets. The 
default is 5 seconds.
Step 15
TFTP_VERBOSE=setting 
Example:
rommon > TFTP_VERBOSE=2
(Optional) Configures how the router displays file 
download progress, with these options:
• 0—No progress is displayed.
• 1—Exclamation points (!!!) are displayed to indicate 
file download progress. This is the default setting.
• 2—Detailed progress is displayed during the file 
download process; for example:
Initializing interface.
Interface link state up.
ARPing for 1.4.0.1
ARP reply for 1.4.0.1 received. 
MAC address 00:00:0c:07:ac:01
Step 16
set 
Example:
rommon > set 
Displays the ROM monitor environment variables. Verify 
that you correctly configured the ROM monitor 
environment variables.
Step 17
tftpdnld [-h] [-r]
Example:
rommon > tftpdnld 
Downloads the system image specified by the ROM monitor 
environment variables.
• Entering -h displays command syntax help text.
• Entering -r downloads and boots the new software but 
does not save the software to flash memory. 
• Using no option (that is, using neither -h nor -r) 
downloads the specified image and saves it in flash 
memory.
Step 18
y 
Example:
Do you wish to continue? y/n:  [n]:  y 
Confirms that you want to continue with the TFTP 
download.
Command or Action Purpose