[nsp] 2500's running from ram

[sthaug at nethelp.no]

> > Just run unix "compress" on the image (NOT "gzip"!) and store the
> > resulting "c2500-...bin.Z" file in the flash.  The router will complain
> > about "not recommended image type", and you'll run into massive problems
> > if you don't have enough RAM...
> 
> *If* you have enough RAM, it sounds like a good way to force the image to
> run from RAM. You become free to manipulate the contents of the flash
> while the box is running so you don't have to use the flash load helper
> (or the flash partition trick)

By the way, does anybody know if the same trick will work on 1600 (not
1600R) series routers?

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no