Guys, This is exactly what is happening. Unfortunately, Will has a 2500 without the 2MB of soldered on-board DRAM, thus he only has 14MB of RAM for use by "run from RAM" images.
Will, you'll need to find a smaller image! Or, find a 2500 mainboard with the 2MB of soldered on-board memory. :-( Paul [PCL] ""Gaz"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Will, > > I'm guessing a little at this one. The memory at 0x00E392A4, from a quick > bash on the calculator is around 14.5 Mb. > Your router has "14336 Kbytes of main memory" available for the IOS. > Someone posted a thread a few days ago, which mentioned the two different > types of 2500. One with 2Mb RAM soldered to main board and one without. > Looks like yours is one without so is using the first 2mB(ish) for IO. > So it actually only has 14336 Kbytes available RAM. > > As I said, guessing a little, so anyone feel free to jump in and correct. > > Regards, > > Gaz > > ""Will Francis"" wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > Hi Guys > > > > I'm just in the process of building my home lab and I read quite a few > > previous posting suggesting that one can use MZMAKER to compress > enterprise > > version of IOS 12.1 to run from a 2500 series router with 8mb flash and > > 16mb Dram. > > > > I just tried this and my router just keep on rebooting itself, any ideas > at > > all will be greatly appreciated. > > > > System Bootstrap, Version 11.0(10c), SOFTWARE > > Copyright (c) 1986-1996 by cisco Systems > > 2500 processor with 14336 Kbytes of main memory > > > > %SYS-4-CONFIG_NEWER: Configurations from version 12.0 may not be correctly > > understood.F3: 8564+6636705+165012 at 0x1000 > > > > Error : memory requirements exceed available memory > > Memory required : 0x00E392A4 > > > > Exception: Software forced crash at 0x111E (PC) > > > > > > Thanks in advance !!! > > > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Stanley. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=32755&t=32748 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]