From: Herve Bruyere (hbruyere@cisco.com)
Date: Fri Apr 18 2003 - 04:17:41 GMT-3
Danny.Andaluz@triaton-na.com wrote:
> 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
Ah yes, I wrote this page... good to know that some people are reading it :))
rv
>
> -----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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