ASA 5505 - Unable to Boot to Image

[tedhargiss]

I recently upgraded my ASA 5505 software version, but didn't like the configuration. I executed a write erase and reloaded, but now the ASA is repetitively trying to reload with no success. I get the following:

Platform ASA5505

Launching BootLoader...
Default configuration file contains 1 entry.

Searching / for images to boot.

No images in /
Error 15: File not found

unable to boot an image

Why would the image file not remain in the system? 

What do I do now to get an image back on the ASA? I can even interupt the reload process.

Thanks

[johnd2310]

Hi,

Did you copy the correct software inage onto the ASA? If you have the correct image for the ASA, you can recover using instructions in folowing doc:

http://www.cisco.com/public/technotes/smbsa/en/us/remote/5500_image_rcvry.pdf

Thanks

John

[tedhargiss]

Thanks John.

I actually found those instructions in the interim. Reimaged the ASA, configured it, copied to start-up. But, then lost it all again when I reloaded. Back at rommon #1> 

Argh!!

I'm using software version asa924-k8.bin. 

Why is it losing the configuration and the image?

Thanks

[johnd2310]

Hi,

Could be issue with wrong config register settings. Run  confreg from rom prompt

rommon #1> confreg

set boot from rom to no and enable flash boot to yes

Thanks

John