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2908 switch wont boot

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SQL2KDBA69

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Feb 4, 2004
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im getting this error:


C2900XL Boot Loader (C2900XL-HBOOT-M), Version 11.2(8)SA, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Compiled Thu 11-Dec-97 11:06 by rheaton

Base ethernet MAC Address: 00:10:07:a0:aa:00
Xmodem file system is available.
Initializing Flash...
flashfs[0]: 63 files, 2 directories
flashfs[0]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories
flashfs[0]: Total bytes: 1728000
flashfs[0]: Bytes used: 409600
flashfs[0]: Bytes available: 1318400
flashfs[0]: flashfs fsck took 2 seconds.
...done Initializing Flash.
Loading "flash:c2900XL-h-mz-112.8-SA"...flash:c2900XL-h-mz-112.8-SA: short read: bad mzip file

Error loading "flash:c2900XL-h-mz-112.8-SA"

Interrupt within 5 seconds to abort boot process.
Boot process failed...

The system is unable to boot automatically. The BOOT
environment variable needs to be set to a bootable
image.

switch: dir flash
unable to stat flash/: permission denied

It looks like i cant access the flash on my switch. Please help. Thanks
 
Its been runing on that IOS for more than a year now. I tried all that but when i try to read or write to flash i get "permission denied". I think maybe my flash memory went bad or something.
 
ok this is what is in my flash dir:

switch: dir flash:
Directory of flash:/

2 -rwx 0 <date> c2900XL-h-mz-112.8-SA
3 -rwx 59633 <date> c2900XL-diag-mz-112.8-SA
4 drwx 3776 <date> html
64 -rwx 691 <date> config.text
66 -rwx 128 <date> env_vars

1318400 bytes available (409600 bytes used)

my boot image is 0 bytes. So it look like just a bad image.
 
How did you do the
dir: flash
???
Did you take the flash and throw it into another switch?

Burt
 
If you look at the dir flash : you will notice the IOS imagename is there but it has 0 bytes for the filesize . it is either wiped out or corrupted . You will probably have to xmodem a new image into it .
 
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