On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 08:58:27AM -0500, Brian wrote: > On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Bill Layer wrote: > > > > Anyway, doesn't the Cisco check the flash CRC checksums on reboot, before > > it ever does any re-programming? You'd think that would make bad transfer > > a non-issue. > > I was under the impression that it didn't, like it just dumped the new > CBOS right into flash. If it used the checksum before flashing, you could > in theory kill the modem during transfer and all would be fine. According > to the docs, that'll kill your modem forever. It does. I think the docs haven't got updated but a little extra precaution doesn't hurt anyway... florin -- "If it's not broken, is because you are not fixing it enough." 41A9 2BDE 8E11 F1C5 87A6 03EE 34B3 E075 3B90 DFE4