Cisco 2900XL Switch has no Flash. Cannot dir any folders HELP PLEASE!!

[nebula72]

Hi,

I just bought 3 cisco 2900 switches and one of the has no image installed I get the message:

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

I cannot get into the config register ctl+break/break does nothing (hyperterminal on XP).

Ciscos site say to dir flash to see if there is a flash file to boot from.

When I perform just a dir I get the following:
List of filesystems currently registered:

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

However when I do a "dir flash" (or dir anything) i get:

"unable to stat flash/: permission denied"


thanks
tom

Please help.

 

[apishko]

Tom,

It sounds like the bootable image is either corrupted or missing from flash directory. You can get a new one via Xmodem transfer. Check out the this site for instructions on how to do so. Hope this helps.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps607/products_tech_note09186a0080094955.shtml