So, in a nutshell, I _do not_ need to perform the interim upgrade to go to 5.x. Since I have 16 megs of flash, my 4.1.59 code can go straight to 5.x without performing the interim 4.1.13 upgrade, correct? -- Scot ----- Original Message ----- From: <mike@otherland.dyndns.org> To: <usr-tc@lists.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 10:29 PM Subject: Re: (usr-tc) HARC upgrade
3Com is making the assumption that Jeff has made. HiPer arcs were shipped in two configurations. 1) 8M Flash / 64M Ram and 2) 16M Flash / 128M RAM. So for most cases if you know the RAM you kow the flash.. They have overlooked the possibility that some customers may have upgraded the RAM on their own. This was meant to remove the need for physical inspection of the hardware before upgrading.
And yes that 15### blocks is 16M Flash.. 8M shows up as 7###..
On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Scot Desort wrote:
Interesting. I read the instructions to do a sh mem to verify flash capacity in 2 separate 3COM docs on the upgrade process. I read it a few times since I didn't see the flash memory figures.
List files gives me:
Total Allocated Deleted Free MinimumFree Sectors Sectors Sectors Sectors Sectors 15359 2540 1123 11696 2303
So, 16 megs I assume by the 15359 "sectors"....??
-- Scot
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Mcadams" <jeffm@iglou.com> To: <usr-tc@lists.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 10:02 PM Subject: Re: (usr-tc) HARC upgrade
Also sprach Scot Desort
I'm preparing to upgrade my HARC from 4.1.59 to the 5.0 code. In the release notes, it states that I may have to do an interim upgrade, depending on the flash memory in my HARC. It says to do a sh mem on the HARC to see if I have 8meg or 16 meg. But when I do a sh mem, I get this:
Total System Memory Resources: 118418 KB Free Memory: 95516 KB Code Size: 3815 KB Initialized Data Size: 646 KB Uninitialized Data Size: 3844 KB Stack Size: 512 KB
So, where does it show the flash memory size? Is it implied at 8 megs (3815 + 646 + 3844)?
"show mem" doesn't show flash memory size I don't believe...what it does show, though, is that you have 128MB of regular ram (118418 is a bit shy of the 128 figure, but it certainly rules out your having only 64). I believe this implication is that if you have 128 megs of ram, you have 16 megs of flash...I believe the Arcs were changed from 64 megs of ram to 128 megs of ram at the same time they changed from 8 megs of flash to 16 megs of flash. If you want to confirm the amount of flash ram on the Arc, do a "list files" and look at the bottom of the output, it should give you information about how much flash is available and how much is used.
As a quick check on a couple of my Arcs, they are either 8/64 or 16/128...I've never seen a 8/128, so you should be ok, but use the "list files" to check for sure... -- Jeff McAdams Email: jeffm@iglou.com Head Network Administrator Voice: (502) 966-3848 IgLou Internet Services (800) 436-4456
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