  jma24
@bulldogdsl.com
| reply to grunteled Re: Cisco PIX OS 7.0
Hi,
I can't swear that it will work for you, because it's clearly *not* a supported configuration, so proceed at your own risk!
However PIX 7.0 will easily fit into 8Mb flash (the image is 5Mb so you have about 2.5Mb spare). On this principle I decided to give it a go for a laugh on a PIX that someone gave me.
By this principle it should be able to run on any of the older PIXs that support a memory upgrade past 64Mb. Given that most PIX techs worth their salt won't touch a GUI, I wonder why Cisco are so adamant that it won't work.
Warnings over, this is how to do it in very general terms.
1) Boot your pix *on the console* and login 2) Back up the FS to tftp 3) Format the filesystem, delete all the files on it 4) Reboot to monitor mode 5) tftp boot the Pix from an image (6.3, 7.0, makes no odds) 6) copy tftp://server/pix701.bin flash:image 7) reload 8) request a new 3DES activation key from Cisco (free).
Regards,
John |