switch image file

[TroyGillian12627]

I got a catalyst 4948 10G switch that does routing and the whole bite. Well first it was stuck in a boot loop it took me a while but I got it out. Then when I was configuring the switch I screwed up an IP so I figured I would just start over.Of course I hadn't done an tftp server or anything yet and made a back up image so it was clear config all. and it worked like a charm so well in fact I no longer have an image to boot from well I do and can see it it says it is at boot loaded with 0x010 cat4500-entservicesk9-mz.150-2.SG10.bin and I have tried everything can someone please help,and tell me in simple English not some esoteric half speech. How to copy the image to an tftp server which I have now done or just how to get the one I have to get to the right booting position. Any help would be greatly appreciated . I think I am just too dense to get past all the hints and clues they give you or maybe I'm just looking to hard.

[pieterh]

I understand your switch has no image?

here is the recovery procedure

basically there are three steps

1) cofigure some variables to enable network and tftp download

rommon 11 >set
PS1=rommon ! >
RommonBuild=5
ConfigReg=0x2102
SkipDiags=0
BSI=0
RET_2_RTS=13:36:46 UTC Tue Aug 15 2000
RET_2_RUTC=966346606
BootStatus=Failure
BootedFileName=bootflash:cat4000-is-mz.121-11b.EW
RommonVer=12.1(11br)EW
IpAddr=14.18.2.234
Netmask=255.255.255.0
Broadcast=14.18.2.255
Gateway=14.18.2.21

2) boot the image from tftp server

     rommon 6 >boot tftp://172.18.125.3/cat4000-is-mz.121-11b.EW

3) when the IOS is loaded and the switch is running

    copy the IOS from tftp: to flash:

further details can be found in the linked document

of course you need to modify the adresses used to your tftp server
I assume some basic networking knowledge present, if not, let me know

[TroyGillian12627]

I have my image I am trying to copy it to tftp but I also have a wrong image sitting in 0102 that I can not get to go away.

[pieterh]

>>> I also have a wrong image sitting in 0102 <<<

???? I do not understand? what is "0102"? it looks lik the boot register? (0x0102)

1) maybe you mean your flash is not writeable?

-> issue the flash_init command

 then delete <filename>

or delete /force/recursive  if it is not a single file, but a directory

2) you meen the old image is still in the boot variable?

-> show boot

conf t

no boot system flash:/<imagename>