2924 XL: Insufficient memory when booting

I have a new (used) WS-2924XL-EN switch. The "version" command showed it had 8 meg of memory.

This switch is to replace the one partially damaged by lightning. Its version is older than my current one, so I decided to install the one I had downloaded.

My lighthing-damaged one is running 12.5 (WC9)
The one I had downloaded was 12.5 (WC16)

So, after reading software installation instructions, I proceed with the install. The TAR command when expanding the html files due to lack of space. So I deleted the old version and then the TAR command worked to completion.

But upon rebooting:
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Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) C2900XL Software (C2900XL-C3H2S-M), Version 12.0(5)WC16, RELEASE SOFTW)
Copyright (c) 1986-2006 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Thu 21-Sep-06 13:00 by antonino
Image text-base: 0x00003000, data-base: 0x00352924


Initializing C2900XL flash...
flashfs[1]: 19 files, 3 directories
flashfs[1]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories
flashfs[1]: Total bytes: 3612672
flashfs[1]: Bytes used: 2945536
flashfs[1]: Bytes available: 667136
flashfs[1]: flashfs fsck took 7 seconds.
flashfs[1]: Initialization complete.
....done Initializing C2900XL flash.
C2900XL POST: System Board Test: Passed
C2900XL POST: Daughter Card Test: Passed
C2900XL POST: CPU Buffer Test: Passed
C2900XL POST: CPU Notify RAM Test: Passed
C2900XL POST: CPU Interface Test: Passed
C2900XL POST: Testing Switch Core: Passed
C2900XL POST: Testing Buffer Table: Passed
C2900XL POST: Data Buffer Test: Passed
C2900XL POST: Configuring Switch Parameters: Passed
C2900XL POST: Ethernet Controller Test: Passed
C2900XL POST: MII Test: Passed
SYSTEM INIT: INSUFFICIENT MEMORY TO BOOT THE IMAGE!


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The unit then reboots (and thus goes into an infinite booting loop).

So now, I will focus on using xmodem to copy my WC9 version from the running switch.

However, I am curious about this.

Could Cisco have released software that doesn't run on units which the release notes say it should run on ? (my model is listed in the release notes, and the "version" command does confirm I have 8 meg of memory).

Would the amount of data store in flash memory result in the insuficient memory message ? (aka: the html files were loaded) ?

Or did I do something else that is wrong ?

That unit had 12.5 XU if I remember correctly. (dated from 2000).
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