[c-nsp] Sup720 image

[Phil Rosenthal]

On Aug 20, 2006, at 10:35 AM, Robert D. Holtz wrote:

> Cisco already has images > 64mb so they really do need to address  
> the issue
> that you speak of.  This also has another interesting side effect:  
> You can't
> use TFTP to transfer images > 64Mb ... it bombs out.  You have to  
> use FTP.

I transfer my Cisco images with TFTP all the time, there are some  
tftp daemons/clients that support >64MB without problems.  (including  
the one included with FreeBSD 6, and i think even FreeBSD 4 by default).

Also, Cisco *did* make a solution to the problem of not having enough  
space on the sup-bootflash to hold an image.  CF-UPG= will give you a  
512MB "sup-bootdisk" (not sup-bootflash), and will have internal  
storage up to 512MB.  This is done by putting a SRAM to CF adapter in  
the sup-bootflash slot, and then putting a 512MB CF card in that CF  
adapter.  You need to update your ROMMON to be able to boot off of this.

If you were keeping track of the bootspeed issue before, the internal  
CF is just as slow as the external CF, so the boot times will still  
be slow.

--Phil