do I need to upgrade 10.2(8a) bootrom for ram upgrade?

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Got my first 2501 to start building a lab and have a question. I just ordered another 8mb flash and 16mb dram. Should bring me up to (16/16) so I can run the 12.x IOS-

Question- here is the sh ver.
IOS (tm) 2500 Software (C2500-FIN-L), Version 11.2(4), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 1986-1997 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Mon 10-Feb-97 14:44 by ajchopra
Image text-base: 0x0301F88C, data-base: 0x00001000

ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 5.2(8a), RELEASE SOFTWARE
ROM: 3000 Bootstrap Software (IGS-RXBOOT), Version 10.2(8a), RELEASE SOFTWARE (f
c1)

DeepGap uptime is 2 hours, 14 minutes
System restarted by reload
System image file is "flash:c2500-fin-l.112-4", booted via flash

cisco 2500 (68030) processor (revision N) with 2048K/2048K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID 05649484, with hardware revision 00000000
Bridging software.
1 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
2 Serial network interface(s)
32K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
8192K bytes of processor board System flash (Read ONLY)

Configuration register is 0x2102


Will this boot rom need to be upgraded to max the ram out?
I have looked everywhere and cannot clearly discern the answer to my problem. Already ordered the dram and flash and I hope I aint gonna have to blow another $35 on boot rom upgrades. Thanks for all the help fellas.
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