From: Danny.Andaluz@triaton-na.com
Date: Thu Apr 17 2003 - 13:29:45 GMT-3
That's right, Herve. 1750's run the ios from RAM, but not 2500's. Thanks
for the info. Read the flash part.
http://www.cisco.com/kobayashi/technotes/arch_2500_5750.shtml#memory
-----Original Message-----
From: Herve Bruyere [mailto:hbruyere@cisco.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 12:14 PM
To: Andaluz, Danilo, Triaton/NA
Cc: cash2001@swbell.net; emad@zakq8.com; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: Boot from tftp server
The 2500 images are running from flash, not from ram, hence you cannot boot
from tftp.
Regards,
rv
Danny.Andaluz@triaton-na.com wrote:
> I have the same setup where my 1750 is loading an IOS from a TFTP
> server. The 3550 switch port does not have portfast enabled.
> Sometimes the first attempt fails to load and the second one takes.
> Sometime it does not fail at all. If it does fail, the router will
> try again. It actually tries for about 15 minutes until it gives up
> and loads the ios in flash. This sucks if you make a mistake in
> addressing on the router's ethernet or don't do a write mem before
> reloading. This is the command I use on the router for this to work:
>
> boot system tftp c1700xxxxxxxxxxxx.bin 255.255.255.255
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Cash [mailto:cash2001@swbell.net]
> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 9:34 AM
> To: 'Emad'; 'CCIE LAB (E-mail)'
> Subject: RE: Boot from tftp server
>
>
> I just ran into this problem. If the route is connected to a switch,
> make sure that portfast is enabled to bypass the listening/learning
> phase of STP.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
> Of Emad
> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 1:10 AM
> To: CCIE LAB (E-mail)
> Subject: Boot from tftp server
>
>
> Dear all,
> I think I made before but now it is not working , I have flash with 8
> MB memory and I want to run IOS needs 16 MB flash , therefore I tried
> to boot from a TFTP server having this new IOS . I'm using cisco2501 ,
> I tried to boot from tftp server by configuring it from ROMMON mode by
> CLI command which is B [file name] [tftp server ip address] , am I
> right or it is possible to boot from tftp server an IOS which need
> more flash than I have? Please advice Thanx
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