[j-nsp] JunOS upgrade to 8.5R1.14, boot device too small ?

[Jonas Frey]

Hello,

yes, you can upgrade the flash without problems on the RE2 but as said
previously its a bit work. You should use sandisk CF(v1) cards.

The RE will boot from the CF as primary media since its faster than the
hdd. However you can run the RE without flash but its not recommended
since you will have slower bootup times as well as no redundancy within
the RE regarding media.

Regards,
Jonas

On Tue, 2007-12-25 at 21:59, Mykola Mitrokhin wrote:
> hi again,
> 
> i am sorry there is indeed a flashcard on this router.
> ad0: 122MB <SanDisk SDCFB-128> [980/8/32] at ata0-master PIO4
> 
> I think i can upgrade the flashcard to a 512-1024 MB card without any
> problems? someone has
> experience with that?
> 
> There is also harddisk in it
> ad1: 19077MB <IBM-DJSA-220> [38760/16/63] at ata0-slave UDMA33
> 
> I dont really understand why it is using this flashcard? is it neccesary or
> can i remove it and the engine will boot from the disk?
> 
> thanks in advance guys
> 
> mykola
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 2007/12/25, David Ball <davidtball at gmail.com>:
> >
> > Hi Mykola.  Check out the release notes for JunOS 8.5.
> >
> > http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/software/junos/junos85/rn-sw-85/release-8.5-features.html#rn-new-features
> >
> > In the section that discusses FreeBSD they make mention to the
> > requirement of a 256MB or larger Compact Flash card (part of your RE)
> > in order to install 8.5.  Sounds as though yours doesn't meet this
> > criteria.  The cheap way to get around this is to stick with older
> > code, the more expensive way is to upgrade your compact flash.  There
> > have been some discussions about this in the last week or 2 on the
> > list, so perhaps peruse the archives as well for others' experiences.
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> > On 25/12/2007, Mykola Mitrokhin <mkmrtkhn at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have a problem with upgrading one of our juniper routers, currently it
> > is
> > > running JunOS 8.3.
> > > I wanted to upgrade to -8.5R1.14
> > >
> > > I started the upgrade and it ends with the following error:
> > >
> > > *********************
> > >
> > > Adding jinstall...
> > >
> > > WARNING: This installation will not succeed.
> > > WARNING: The boot device is less than 256M.
> > > WARNING: A hardware upgrade is required.
> > >
> > > ERROR: jinstall fails requirements check
> > >
> > > **********************
> > >
> > > How can i fix this? I use RE-2.0 333-768
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks for your help in advance.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Best wishes,
> > >
> > > mykola
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