Re: Lost enable password on tinyrom

flaquerre · ‎05-15-2003

I got this problem: on my 804 router, I deleted my IOS on the flash card, so when I boot, I get in the tinyrom boot> prompt. From there, I can't go in privilege mode because I lost my password.

So my question is: Is there a way to recover the password of the enable mode in boot> mode ?

This mode is the mode you end up in if you send BREAK while booting, letting you bypasse the configuration password, but since it is password protected.. how can I bypass this?

thanks

dlewis · ‎05-15-2003

This will help with the password:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/474/pswdrec_800.html

You will need to Xmodem a new IOS into your router. See this:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/130/xmodem_generic.html

flaquerre · ‎05-15-2003

Thanks for the answer., but like I said in my post, when I get to the tinyrom image, I get to the prompt boot> (that is not privileged mode).

When I try to do a set command, or anything like undelete, It says I don't have the permissions. the only thing I can do is enable, which need a password.

Since it is in the bios of the router, I can't password recovery.

here's some output:

TinyROM version 1.0(2)

Mon Nov 02 17:14:21 1998

POST ......... OK. 4MB DRAM, 8MB Flash.

auto-boot: failed, "no such file"

boot> boot

boot: failed, "permission denied"

boot> set ios-conf = 0x43

ios-conf: failed, "permission denied"

boot> enable

password:

enable: failed, "permission denied"

boot>