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Need help installing Enterprise IOS on 2500's
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| Yeti-GBR1 2001-08-11, 4:21 pm |
| Does anyone know or can they point me to "how to install the Enterprise IOS on any of the 2500's."
I have a 2501 with 16/16 Memory but I cannot find a way to install the enterprise IOS on it, since it needs a flash partition size of at least 10.5MB. Obviously there are 2 flash partitions of 8, is there a way I can combine these to make a 16MB partition, so that I can load up the 10.5MB Enterprise IOS?
HELP please!!!!
PS. yes I know the commands to copy the IOS to/from a tftp server 
#copy flash tftp <copies the flash to the tftp server>
#copy tftp flash <copies the binary file to the flash> | |
| depamo 2001-08-11, 6:51 pm |
| You hit it right on the head, the problem isn't the amount of memory that you have, it is that it is partitioned into two 8 megabyte sections. You need to drop this and make one 16Mb memory section.
Here is a link to fix the problem:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td...tm#xtocid386511
You are looking for flash commands dealing with partition of the overall memory. You need to combine it to one memory area. This will have no impac later on your router since it is a 2501 and you won't have any other need for the unused space.
Hope that helps and have a good one!! | |
| Yeti-GBR1 2001-08-11, 7:59 pm |
| Thanks for the fast response, Turgon from CertifyExpress gave me the required information...namely:
The one thing that Cisco missed off there instructions is:
#config t
#partition flash 1 16<------this denotes the partitions size
Thanks again though...I had that url anyways | |
| Retired-Mod 2001-08-12, 7:27 am |
| That partion command is a rather silly way of doing it because what you really want to do is delete the partition so that there are no partitions. Why have an unncessary command in your config?
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| Yeti-GBR1 2001-08-14, 6:28 am |
| Ok then:
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That partion command is a rather silly way of doing it because what you really want to do is delete the partition so that there are no partitions. Why have an unncessary command in your config?
What is a better way? | |
| Retired-Mod 2001-08-14, 7:14 pm |
| Like I said in the previous post, you want to delete the partion so there is none and you have the full 16M available with no command in the config. If there is no IOS in the second partition, use the "no partition" command to remove it.
Always attempt to simplify your configs...more commands is not better then less that accomplish the same thing.
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