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Re: (ASCEND) TFTP losing configuration
Unfortunately it looks as if it is headed in this direction.
I remember seeing a way to see how much memory is available. Could
someone please tell me how to do this.
Thanks
Bennie
>I've found this usually occurs when going up to a version with new added
>features not in the previous version. Sometimes the whole config gets
>blown and other times it gets blown part way through (I've upgraded maxen
>that will remember to answer calls but they don't have an IP address,
>etc.). You might want to tftp the config over before upgrading and then
>if the config is blown out after upgrade, re-config it and do a diff on
>the config files. They're probably some parts the new config has that the
>other one doesn't, but this is strictly a guess.
>
>And speaking of new added features, I think it's been a poor decision to
>do away with the seperate incremental and patch versions of software.
>I liked being able to get bugfixes with patch releases instead of new
>features which more times than not break some fucntionality I need. I
>have been treating the 6.x branch of code like a rabid dog after the
>numerous troubles I've heard about from people with simple setups. Lord
>only knows how broken it would be doing stacking and OSPF on my maxen.
>And these software loads are starting to get huge. How long before the
>MAX 4xxx will be like the Pipeline 400 and not have the necessary
>resources to function? We've already seen it with several pipeline models
>(yet you guys are still selling one of the worst routers ever, the
>MAX200+) and I guess it will only be a matter of time before Ascend sticks
>one too many new features into the latest batch of code and the MAX won't
>be able to deal with it. With some of the memmory leak problems a lot of
>us have faced, I believe that moment may not be far off. Will you guys
>start considering more bare bones loads then? Right now I'd just like to
>see a load with every major TR that's left open fixed and no new
>features or functionality.
>
>Hope everyone's had a nice holidy weekend. "If you're driving don't
>drink, and if you're drinking, don't drive." - MCA, Beastie Boys.
>
>Joe Shaw - jshaw@insync.net
>NetAdmin - Insync Internet Services
>
>On Sat, 4 Jul 1998, robert wrote:
>
>> Is there any special trick to TFTP'ing new versions of code to a
>> pipeline 50/75/130? I've done it maybe 30 times, using the correct syntax
>> [tload host loadcode], however maybe one out of every 5 times when the
>> unit reboots, its config has been reset. I tried typing fsave before the
>> load, and it still happened.. then I tried fsave after the tload,
>> followed by reset to reboot, same thing. I was wondering if anyone has
>> experienced the same problem before; or if there's any reliable method out
>> there to ensure that the configuration remains intact after the load?
>>
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