From: miken (miken@sisna.com)
Date: Sat Nov 23 2002 - 21:34:46 GMT-3
Good point Joe. I'll have to try it again.
Thanks,
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe A" <groupstudy@comcast.net>
To: "'miken'" <miken@sisna.com>; <Dan.Thorson@seagate.com>;
<"'Desimone"@smtp2.texas.rr.com>
Cc: "'ccielab Groupstudy'" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>; "'Tasuka Amano Hsu'"
<tasuka@mac.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 7:30 AM
Subject: RE: Compress IOS image
> It does not require a FAT partition, but it DOES require that you adhere
> to the 8.3 filename convention. The images on CCO will not work with
> the default names.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> miken
> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 1:45 AM
> To: Dan.Thorson@seagate.com; Desimone, Aurelio
> Cc: ccielab Groupstudy; 'Tasuka Amano Hsu'
> Subject: Re: Compress IOS image
>
>
> I have used it successfully on the 2500 series routers. Make sure you
> have enough RAM and keep in mind that mzmaker is a dos application and
> needs a fat partition to run it.
>
> HTH,
> Mike Nygard
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Dan.Thorson@seagate.com>
> To: "Desimone, Aurelio" <ADesimone@refco.com>
> Cc: "ccielab Groupstudy" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>; "'Tasuka Amano Hsu'"
> <tasuka@mac.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 12:13 PM
> Subject: RE: Compress IOS image
>
>
> > Interesting, cuz Cisco's www page says:
> >
> > Cisco routers that use a "run-from-Flash" architecture include the
> > Cisco 1601-Cisco 1604 and the Cisco 2500 series. [snip] In the
> > run-from-Flash architecture, the IOS cannot be compressed.
> >
> > danT
> >
> > ========================================
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> >
> >
> >
> > "Desimone,
> > Aurelio" To: "'Tasuka Amano Hsu'"
> <tasuka@mac.com>, ccielab Groupstudy
> > <ADesimone@re <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> > fco.com> cc:
> > Sent by: Subject: RE: Compress IOS
> image
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> > 11/06/2002
> > 11:24 AM
> > Please
> > respond to
> > "Desimone,
> > Aurelio"
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > it's called mzmaker - its standard cisco compressed format its only
> > for 2500 routers (most other routers' images are already compressed.)
>
> > But you have to have enough ram to decompress the image...
> >
> > http://www.mcseco-op.com/mzmaker.htm
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tasuka Amano Hsu [mailto:tasuka@mac.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 3:08 AM
> > To: ccielab Groupstudy
> > Subject: Compress IOS image
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> > As I remeber somebody say the router could run a compressed IOS image
> > for save the flash space, it can make a 10 or 12 MB image in a 8 MB
> > flash, and the router will decompress at boot-up automatically , but
> > it need take some longer time to boot the router up. Now problem is
> > anyone known that IOS image compressed format , does zip or gzip or
> > just UNIX compress -- suffix as .Z ?
> >
> > Best Regards
> > Tasuka
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