Re: ROM/FLASH

maybe this would shed some light.. on a pc command .com would bring the pc up to dos.equvalent to ROM after dos is loades then you clould load win3.11 or windows 95===equivalent IOS lanadm wrote: Hi I am a newbie in Cisco CCNA, I learn form the book that "flash memory" holds the

ROM/FLASH

Hi I am a newbie in Cisco CCNA, I learn form the book that "flash memory" holds the operatiing system image (IOS) and "ROM" contains bootstrap program and operating system software, so is there any difference between them ? is the term "IOS" and operating system software the same ? thanks