Hi all,
We recently acquired some 2nd hand Catalyst 3560-X Series 48 POE (with C3KX-NM-10G Modules) but the previous owner did not wipe their configurations.
Following this similar community post - https://community.cisco.com/t5/other-network-architecture/urgent-password-recovery-with-the-3650/td-p/2629200
When holding down the reset switch during boot it takes us to the password-recovery mechanism
Next
switch: flash_init
Then
switch: switch_ignore_startup_cfg=1
Then
switch: boot flash_packages.conf
However the message then displays
Loading "flash_packages.conf"...flash_packages.conf: no such device
Error loading "flash_packages.conf"
Interrupt within 5 seconds to aboard boot process.
Boot Process failed
Running dir shows the file systems as
bs[0]: (read-only)
flash[6]: (read-write)
xmodem[7]: (read-only)
null[8]: (read-write)
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.