[c-nsp] Memory requirements question

[Bernd Ueberbacher]

I've got enough DRAM ;-)

Already had that problem once. The router said something like 
software-based crash/reboot. Had to do a tftpdnld in rommon.... That's 
learning by doing *G*


Thanks,
Bernd



Paul Stewart schrieb:
> Absolutely.... just make sure you have enough DRAM though too and you're
> fine.... sometimes it's easy to confuse the two...
>
> I've gotten burned when you forget about the IOS uncompressing after an
> upgrade and not having enough DRAM to run...;)
>
> Paul
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> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Gert Doering
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 4:46 PM
> To: Bernd Ueberbacher
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> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Memory requirements question
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> Hi,
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> 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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