[c-nsp] Memory requirements question

[Bernd Ueberbacher]

Sweet, dude! :-)

And thanks for the fast reply!


Greets,
Bernd



Gert Doering schrieb:
> 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
>