[j-nsp] New flash card in M7i

[Firth,MJC,Michael,DMJ R]

I don't think it is, though the recommendations aren't clear.

If you have a flash card, it has to be 1GB, rather than 256MB, but I don't think having a flash card is mandatory (but it is advisable, particularly in an M7i, which only has one RE)

Michael

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthias Gelbhardt <matthias at commy.de>
Sent: 03 March 2009 15:47
To: David Ball <davidtball at gmail.com>
Cc: juniper-nsp <juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net>
Subject: Re: [j-nsp] New flash card in M7i

So what is the reason, that the flash card as primary boot device is  
now obligatory?

Regards,

Matthias

Am 03.03.2009 um 16:39 schrieb David Ball:

>  Once installed, your router won't boot from it, since it's blank, so
> will boot from HD as normal.  Then you should be able to issue
> 'request system snapshot partition' (ie. copy main contents of hard
> disk to flash drive).  From that point on, the CF will be your primary
> boot medium.  Any code upgrades from then on will occur on the CF
> card, so to back up that code and config in the future, you'd issue
> 'request system snapshot' to copy them to the HD, which is now your
> 'alternative' boot medium.
>
> David
>
> 2009/3/3 Matthias Gelbhardt <matthias at commy.de>:
>> Hi!
>>
>> I would like to add a new 1 GB CF card in a M7i. I assume, there is  
>> none in
>> that device at the moment:
>>
>> Filesystem              Size       Used      Avail  Capacity    
>> Mounted on
>> /dev/ad1s1a             217M        98M       102M       49%  /
>> devfs                   1.0K       1.0K         0B      100%  /dev
>> devfs                   1.0K       1.0K         0B      100%  /dev/
>> /dev/md0                 23M        23M         0B      100%
>>  /packages/mnt/jbase
>> /dev/md1                 80M        80M         0B      100%
>>  /packages/mnt/jkernel-8.5R3.4
>> /dev/md2                8.8M       8.8M         0B      100%
>>  /packages/mnt/jpfe-M7i-8.5R3.4
>> /dev/md3                3.5M       3.5M         0B      100%
>>  /packages/mnt/jdocs-8.5R3.4
>> /dev/md4                 28M        28M         0B      100%
>>  /packages/mnt/jroute-8.5R3.4
>> /dev/md5                8.8M       8.8M         0B      100%
>>  /packages/mnt/jcrypto-8.5R3.4
>> /dev/md6                 37M        37M         0B      100%
>>  /packages/mnt/jpfe-common-8.5R3.4
>> /dev/md7                504M       8.0K       463M        0%  /tmp
>> /dev/md8                504M       470K       463M        0%  /mfs
>> /dev/ad1s1e              24M        20K        22M        0%  /config
>> procfs                  4.0K       4.0K         0B      100%  /proc
>> /dev/ad1s1f              18G       542M        16G        3%  /var
>>
>> So I need one to update to 9.3R2.
>>
>> Do I have to prepare the CF before injecting it into the router?  
>> Does it
>> have to be formatted?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Matthias
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