cisco catalyst 3550 problems

[packzz]

Our switch is giving us issues and I can't understand what's going on, it used to work fine, but now when I try to access it in console I get the following:

Base ethernet MAC Address: 00:0d:bd:1e:d9:80
Xmodem file system is available.
The password-recovery mechanism is enabled.
Initializing Flash...
flashfs[0]: 4 files, 1 directories
flashfs[0]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories
flashfs[0]: Total bytes: 15998976
flashfs[0]: Bytes used: 268800
flashfs[0]: Bytes available: 15730176
flashfs[0]: flashfs fsck took 23 seconds.
...done Initializing Flash.
Boot Sector Filesystem (bs installed, fsid: 3

The system is not configured to boot automatically. The
following command will finish loading the operating system
software:

boot

switch: en
Unknown cmd: en
switch: boot
Loading ""...: permission denied

Error loading ""

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


The system light on the front of the unit is blinking green and all the port lights except 1/2 are lit. any help or suggestions much appreciated.

 

[Silverblade]

Hi,

I searched abit for you. My first thought would be that there is a wrong register setting for boot, but as can be seen in de following doc there isn't any in this switch :s

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products...s_configuration_example09186a0080169623.shtml

The system messages you describe are similar to this document:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products...ducts_password_recovery09186a0080094184.shtml

Try to follow this doc and see if it resolves the issue.
If not I'm afraid there is something amiss with the mode button.