[c-nsp] Insufficient memory to boot image on 827?

[Nigel Roy]

Hi Steve,

I had a similar thing with an 1801 - there was a memory command in the config allocating some of the Ram to IO.

Can't remember exactly what the command was but worth checking!

Regards Nigel


> Hello there
>
> I am trying to upgrade IOS on an 827 I have to 12.4(5c). The 827
> has 24MB of DRAM, and this is the highest version that cisco.com
> says will run inside 24MB. After I load the image on to the 827 and
> reload, I get
>
> SYSTEM INIT: INSUFFICIENT MEMORY TO BOOT THE IMAGE!
>
> and the router reloads, tries to boot, runs out of RAM, reloads,
> etc, etc, etc.
>
> When booting from an image that does work, show ver confirms that
> there is 24MB of DRAM in the router
>
> CISCO C827 (MPC855T) processor (revision 0x701) with 23552K/1024K
> bytes of memory.
>
> Is there any way to get this image to boot, or do I have no choice
> but to upgrade the DRAM?
>
> TIA
> Steve
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