08-08-2002 09:24 AM - edited 03-02-2019 12:33 AM
I have a 3550 switch which is stuck in boot loader mode. When I type as asked "boot" the following is displayed.
switch: boot
Loading "flash"...flash: permission denied
Error loading "flash"
Interrupt within 5 seconds to abort boot process.
Boot process failed...
This is a new unit but surely wouldn't it display the ios version c3550*****.bin etc
Many thanks.
08-08-2002 01:18 PM
can you do a "dir flash:" at the switch: prompt and see if you have a c3550***.bin file. If you do, try booting with "boot flash:
08-09-2002 04:00 AM
Thanks for that, yes after doing a dir flash: we can see c3550****.bin,
I typed in as boot flash etc the switch will boot up. How do I make it boot without doing this. I.E make it perminant.
08-09-2002 04:23 AM
Set up a bootvariable statement...Here is an example
cs-3550-37a#dir flash:
Directory of flash:/
2 -rwx 39 Mar 01 1993 01:06:45 env_vars
3 -rwx 2558166 Mar 01 1993 01:04:09 c3550-i9q3l2-mz.121-9.EA1c.bin
4 -rwx 284 Mar 01 1993 01:06:45 system_env_vars
5 -rwx 2600 Mar 01 1993 01:07:09 config.text
7 drwx 192 Mar 01 1993 00:05:36 c3550-i9q3l2-mz.121-8.EA1b
11 drwx 192 Mar 02 1993 22:21:03 c3550-i9q3l2-mz.121-9.EA1
15998976 bytes total (4799488 bytes free)
cs-3550-37a#conf terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
cs-3550-37a(config)#boot system flash:c3550-i9q3l2-mz.121-9.EA1c.bin
cs-3550-37a(config)#end
cs-3550-37a#wr mem
Building configuration...
[OK]
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