

If you want to go to a TFTP server first, make sure that the boot system tftp command is the first one you enter. If you enter boot system flash first, that is the first place the router will go to look for the Cisco IOS Software. The router will execute commands in their order on the next reload. Saves the running configuration to NVRAM. Router#copy running-config startup-config Loads the Cisco IOS Software with image-name from a TFTP server.

Router(config)#boot system tftp image-name 172.16.10.3 Loads the Cisco IOS Software with image-name. Router(config)# boot system flash imagename
