2924 Software Failure (Sabotaged)

[IllegalOperation]

Greetings all, my roomate got in a fight with me and claimed to have erased the NVRAM and flash on my Catalyst 2924XL. After power cycling, this is what I get....



C2900XL Boot Loader (C2900-HBOOT-M) Version 12.0(5.2)XU, MAINTENANCE INTERIM SOF
TWARE
Compiled Mon 17-Jul-00 18:19 by ayounes
starting...
Base ethernet MAC Address: 00:04:27:e9:87:80
Xmodem file system is available.
Initializing Flash...
flashfs[0]: 1 files, 1 directories
flashfs[0]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories
flashfs[0]: Total bytes: 3612672
flashfs[0]: Bytes used: 1024
flashfs[0]: Bytes available: 3611648
flashfs[0]: flashfs fsck took 2 seconds.
...done Initializing Flash.
Boot Sector Filesystem (bs installed, fsid: 3
Parameter Block Filesystem (pb installed, fsid: 4

The system is unable to boot automatically because there
are no bootable files to boot.

switch:




Looks kind of intimidating to me. Any solutions as to what happened and what needs to be done? Appreciated

 

[seanwest]

maybe load in a default config file if that is possible, ill take a look at mine.

 

[IllegalOperation]

That is one problem I am coming across in this scenario. I am not sure what the procedure is of loading up a new config with this. Furthermore, I found that these are the only commands I can work with right now within the switch...



switch: ?
? -- Present list of available commands
boot -- Load and boot an executable image
cat -- Concatenate (type) file(s)
copy -- Copy a file
delete -- Delete file(s)
dir -- List files in directories
flash_init -- Initialize flash filesystem(s)
format -- Format a filesystem
fsck -- Check filesystem consistency
help -- Present list of available commands
load_helper -- Load and initialize a helper image
memory -- Present memory heap utilization information
mkdir -- Create dir(s)
more -- Concatenate (display) file(s)
rename -- Rename a file
reset -- Reset the system
rmdir -- Delete empty dir(s)
set -- Set or display environment variables
set_bs -- Set attributes on a boot sector filesystem
set_param -- Set system parameters in flash
sleep -- Sleep a specified number of seconds
trap -- Cause a software breakpoint to occur
-- MORE --
type -- Concatenate (type) file(s)
unset -- Unset one or more environment variables
version -- Display boot loader version
switch:

 

[BuckWeet]

You have no software for your switch, you need to get it off of Cisco's website and load the software up.

do this to make sure its not there though

'dir flash:'


BuckWeet

 

[IllegalOperation]

switch: dir

List of filesystems currently registered:

flash[0]: (read-write)
xmodem[1]: (read-only)
null[2]: (read-write)
bs[3]: (read-only)

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


I guess it really was deleted. What is the procedure of getting it back on?

 

[oggy1]

The command is actually dir flash: note the colon, but checkout this cisco url. You may have to use xmodem to download the image via the console cable if it's really been erased. You are currently in boot mode.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products...ts_tech_note09186a00800946e5.shtml#commontftp

 

[IllegalOperation]

Ok I got it back up and running again. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction on this. Appreciated...