Switch 2924C-EN-XL doesn't boot properly

[yemaya]

Hi guys.

i bought a switch a very low price from a friend but i got this message when it boot up:

C2900XL Boot Loader (C2900-HBOOT-M) Version 12.0(5)XU, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)Compiled Mon 03-Apr-00 17:20 by swati starting...Base ethernet MAC Address: 00:02:fd:d4:04:80Xmodem file system is available.Initializing Flash...flashfs[0]: 1 files, 1 directoriesflashfs[0]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directoriesflashfs[0]: Total bytes: 3612672flashfs[0]: Bytes used: 4096flashfs[0]: Bytes available: 3608576flashfs[0]: flashfs fsck took 4 seconds....done Initializing Flash.Boot Sector Filesystem (bs installed, fsid: 3Parameter Block Filesystem (pb installed, fsid: 4 The system is unable to boot automatically because thereare no bootable files to boot.
switch:

i can't do much fron there so, i need help with this, how i can put this baby to work or the swith in not good ??.

Thank you guys.

 

[UnaBomber]

Something is wrong with your IOS image. You will need to download a new one, and install it.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/iosswrel/ps1828/prod_release_note09186a00800810f3.html

 

[kurttorok]

Type the following commands:

flash_init
dir flash:

If you see a .bin file type boot flash:FILENAME.bin and that might solve your problem. Most switches I've found that didn't load an IOS, had an IOS, but the boot loader was never told what to load. (This happens on older switches often after an IOS upgrade.)

If you don't have any .bin files, then you will need to load one via the console port and xmodem.

Kurt