I don't think it is, though the recommendations aren't clear. If you have a flash card, it has to be 1GB, rather than 256MB, but I don't think having a flash card is mandatory (but it is advisable, particularly in an M7i, which only has one RE)
Michael -----Original Message----- From: Matthias Gelbhardt <[email protected]> Sent: 03 March 2009 15:47 To: David Ball <[email protected]> Cc: juniper-nsp <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [j-nsp] New flash card in M7i So what is the reason, that the flash card as primary boot device is now obligatory? Regards, Matthias Am 03.03.2009 um 16:39 schrieb David Ball: > Once installed, your router won't boot from it, since it's blank, so > will boot from HD as normal. Then you should be able to issue > 'request system snapshot partition' (ie. copy main contents of hard > disk to flash drive). From that point on, the CF will be your primary > boot medium. Any code upgrades from then on will occur on the CF > card, so to back up that code and config in the future, you'd issue > 'request system snapshot' to copy them to the HD, which is now your > 'alternative' boot medium. > > David > > 2009/3/3 Matthias Gelbhardt <[email protected]>: >> Hi! >> >> I would like to add a new 1 GB CF card in a M7i. I assume, there is >> none in >> that device at the moment: >> >> Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity >> Mounted on >> /dev/ad1s1a 217M 98M 102M 49% / >> devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev >> devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev/ >> /dev/md0 23M 23M 0B 100% >> /packages/mnt/jbase >> /dev/md1 80M 80M 0B 100% >> /packages/mnt/jkernel-8.5R3.4 >> /dev/md2 8.8M 8.8M 0B 100% >> /packages/mnt/jpfe-M7i-8.5R3.4 >> /dev/md3 3.5M 3.5M 0B 100% >> /packages/mnt/jdocs-8.5R3.4 >> /dev/md4 28M 28M 0B 100% >> /packages/mnt/jroute-8.5R3.4 >> /dev/md5 8.8M 8.8M 0B 100% >> /packages/mnt/jcrypto-8.5R3.4 >> /dev/md6 37M 37M 0B 100% >> /packages/mnt/jpfe-common-8.5R3.4 >> /dev/md7 504M 8.0K 463M 0% /tmp >> /dev/md8 504M 470K 463M 0% /mfs >> /dev/ad1s1e 24M 20K 22M 0% /config >> procfs 4.0K 4.0K 0B 100% /proc >> /dev/ad1s1f 18G 542M 16G 3% /var >> >> So I need one to update to 9.3R2. >> >> Do I have to prepare the CF before injecting it into the router? >> Does it >> have to be formatted? >> >> Regards, >> >> Matthias >> _______________________________________________ >> juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] >> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp >> _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
