2960-CG Switch showing SYST green light

[deepmukherjee2007]

Hi,

I have 2960-CG switch showing error loading flash

switch:
Switch:
Error loading "flash:c2950-i6q4l2-mz.121-12c.EA1.bin"
Interrupt within 5 seconds to abort boot process.
Boot process failed...


how can we fix it without format OS.
& how can i hard reset this because "SYST" light is continuously blinking.

[Mark Malone]

that's a 2950 switch correct not  2960 as that's what image is loaded on the switch not a 2960 as per your post , just to be sure ?

ignore the sys light the problem is your switch is in rommom mode and not booting

follow these steps below if its still not booting after that you may have a corrupt image and you will need to add another one through xmodem or tftp if its available on the switch 

1. Issue the flash_init command and the load_helper command.
2. If the Flash has already initialized, you see this:
1. switch: flash_init Initializing Flash... ...The flash is already initialized. switch:
3. If the Flash has not initialized, you see this:
1. switch: flash_init Initializing Flash... flashfs[0]: 21 files, 2 directories flashfs[0]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories flashfs[0]: Total bytes: 7741440 flashfs[0]: Bytes used: 4499456 flashfs[0]: Bytes available: 3241984 flashfs[0]: flashfs fsck took 7 seconds. ...done initializing flash. Boot Sector Filesystem (bs:) installed, fsid: 3 Parameter Block Filesystem (pb:) installed, fsid: 4
4. Issue the load_helper command in order to load any boot helper images. Here is an example:
1. switch: load_helper switch:

• 1. Issue the dir flash: command in order to view the contents of the Flash file system.
  2. Determine if there are any Cisco IOS® image files or image directories in flash:. The Cisco IOS image files are .bin files, and the image directories are named with the image filename, excluding the .bin extension. If no Cisco IOS image files or image directories exist, you see this:
  1. switch: dir flash: Directory of flash:/ 2 -rwx 5 <date> private-config.text 3 -rwx 110 <date> info 4 -rwx 976 <date> vlan.dat 6 -rwx 286 <date> env_vars 26 -rwx 1592 <date> config.text 8 drwx 1088 <date> html 19 -rwx 110 <date> info.ver 4393472 bytes available (3347968 bytes used) switch: !--- No Cisco IOS images or image directories exist in Flash.
  3. If your Flash directory looks like this, proceed directly to Step 4. Step 4 recovers the switch with an Xmodem file transfer.
  4. If there is still an image in Flash, issue the boot command in order to try to recover the switch. Before you issue the boot command, verify where the Cisco IOS image is stored in the Flash directory. The location in which the image is stored can differ, which depends on your switch model.
  • 1. Catalyst 2940, 2950, and 2955 Flash file system

    The Cisco IOS image file (.bin file) always resides in the flash: directory on Catalyst 2940, 2950 and 2955 series switches. Here is an example:

    switch: dir flash:
    Directory of flash:/
    3    -rwx  2888547   <date>               c2950-i6q4l2-mz.121-13.EA1.bin        
    
    !--- The Cisco IOS image file (.bin file) is stored in !--- the flash: directory on Catalyst 2940, 2950, and 2955 series switches.
    
    4    -rwx  976       <date>               vlan.dat
    6    drwx  832       <date>               html
    22   -rwx  110       <date>               info
    23   -rwx  110       <date>               info.ver
    25   -rwx  38        <date>               env_vars
    
    3132928 bytes available (4608512 bytes used)
    
    !--- This output is from a Catalyst 2950 switch. Output from a !--- Catalyst 2940 or 2955 varies slightly.
    

[deepmukherjee2007]

Thanks i will try this & share exact image tomorrow.