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Re: (ASCEND) Naming Conventions update

>> *  Restricted loads are loads that are truncated for compatibility with
>> older versions that only know how to load "thin" loads. They contain only

>> ** Full loads are complete extended loads that contain full functionality.

>Why can't I just do a thin load to 6.0.X?  5.0Ap36 is capable of thin
>loads isn't it?  When I say this, I noticed that the bik.m18 is small
>enough to be a "thin" load - so I wonder why we need a stripped
>down version...

the only real reason I could think of would be 
if you load an image that doesn't support all of 
the features of the previous load, that doing a "nvramclear"
might destroy any config values that this load doesn't understand.

since a "tload" requires IP for TFTP, and/or telnet to get to the box,
I would think that we could do without some of the loads,
(for example why do we need _ANY_ of the modem-specific loads?)
and maybe even just build a single load that would save all 
config values regardless, but doesn't support IPX/AppleTalk/FrameRelay/etc.,
and just say something like:
        When upgrading from a Pre-6.0 release to a 
        Post-6.0 Extended load, you must first load image
        "restricted.m40" and then upgrade again to your final image.
or
        When upgrading/installing software by XMODEM upload,
        you should load the "restricted.m40" first,
        which once loaded will give you enough functionality
        to use TFTP to download the final image.

the only sticky wicket is loading the image over a WAN interface, 
which I belive the upgrade docs already mention,
may not nescecarily be enabled in a restricted load.

-Jim H
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