[c-nsp] Re: backup quandry

[Vinny Abello]

At 12:38 PM 10/21/2004, Jay Hennigan wrote:
>On Thu, 21 Oct 2004, Roger Weeks wrote:
>
> > Two issues came up:
> >
> > 1.    If I want SSH 2 support, I have to go with 12.3T code.  It's ED code
> > and that makes me nervous especially on border routers with ATM.
> >
> > 2.  If I wasn 12.3T code on on any of the routers besides the 7206, I
> > have to upgrade the internal RAM and Flash.  For example, 12.3T11 for a
> > 3640 takes up 24MB of space.  The internal Flash is at 16MB, and the
> > PCMCIA slot in these routers only takes up to a MAX of 20MB cards (WTF,
> > Cisco?!?).
>
>You need a PCMCIA "disk" available in 48MB and presumably larger sizes.
>Boot ROM also needs to be the latest to support this.  Fits in the same
>PCMCIA slots as the flash.  I don't think it's a real "disk" with moving
>parts, but flash formatted to appear as a disk.

Yes, I have a 128MB compact flash card in a Viking adapter working 
perfectly fine in a 7206 sitting right next to me that I use for testing. 
In slot0: so it shows as disk0: and is much faster than the regular flash 
cards I have.

Vinny Abello
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