[c-nsp] Memory requirements question

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 10:35:55PM +0100, Bernd Ueberbacher wrote:
> I just have a short question about memory requirements.
> I'd like to upgrade a 2610XM router which has 32 MB of flash. The IOS 
> image I'd like to use is about 24 MB in size. The IOS upgrade planner 
> says that 48 MB are required.
> The image would fit into the 32 MB of course, but how much space has to 
> be left free so that a router has enough flash to opperates properly? 

If the image fits, it fits.  That's all there is.  Most Cisco routers
(I'm not sure about all 8xx series, thus "most") do not use the flash for
anything but IOS files, and potentially crashdumps - so there is no need
to reserve anything.

The upgrade planner is sometimes just way off.

gert
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