RE: Flash Memory for 2500s

From: Tim Fletcher (groupstudy@fletchmail.net)
Date: Wed Sep 15 2004 - 23:32:22 GMT-3


I asked Cisco about this some time ago. All they would say is that although it is there, it is not supported. I never tried it, but who knows.

-Tim Fletcher

At 06:46 PM 9/14/2004, Edwards, Andrew M wrote:
>I've looked inside my 2500s and noticed a PCMCIA slot. Is this
>someplace to put flash memory for storing filesystems?
>
>Anyone know....
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Moin, Imran [mailto:imoin@virtela.net]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 2:51 PM
>To: 'Jay Hennigan'
>Cc: 'ccielab@groupstudy.com'
>Subject: RE: Flash Memory for 2500s
>
>
>thanks for your replies..........the reason I am asking this question is
>because I accidentally broke one of the flash slots and I am trying to
>see if I can get away with one 16 MB flash stick. If this is not
>possible, then I will have to buy a new router and I am not looking
>forward to that.
>
>If anyone has any other inputs, please let me know.
>
>Thanks,
>Imran.
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jay Hennigan [mailto:jay@west.net]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 3:52 PM
>To: Moin, Imran
>Cc: 'ccielab@groupstudy.com'
>Subject: Re: Flash Memory for 2500s
>
>
>On Tue, 14 Sep 2004, Moin, Imran wrote:
>
>> Can anyone tell me if 2500 series routers can hold one stick of 16MB
>flash?
>> Someone told me that each of those flash slots on 2500s can hold a
>> maximum of 8MB, but i would like to confirm this.
>
>To the best of my knowledge, flash compatibility is determined by the
>code on the boot ROMs and Cisco has not released boot ROMs capable of
>addressing a single 16 MB flash stick.
>
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