Yahooo!!! I put the following image on the compact flash c1841-advipservicesk9-mz.124-20.T.bin I then power cycled the router and entered the break sequence after the image had decompressed #####[ok]  ( I also pressed it a couple of times a few seconds after. System Bootstrap, Version 12.4(13r)T, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport Copyright (c) 2006 by cisco Systems, Inc. PLD version 0x10 GIO ASIC version 0x127 c1841 platform with 131072 Kbytes of main memory Main memory is configured to 64 bit mode with parity disabled Readonly ROMMON initialized PASSWORD RECOVERY FUNCTIONALITY IS DISABLED program load complete, entry point: 0x8000f000, size: 0xcb80 program load complete, entry point: 0x8000f000, size: 0xcb80 program load complete, entry point: 0x8000f000, size: 0x235aa60 Self decompressing the image : ################################################# ################################################################################ ####################################################### [OK] Smart Init is enabled smart init is sizing iomem   ID            MEMORY_REQ         TYPE                 0X003AA110 public buffer pools                 0X00211000 public particle pools                 0X00020000 Crypto module pools                 0X000021B8 Onboard USB If any of the above Memory Requirements are "UNKNOWN", you may be using an unsupported configuration or there is a software problem and system operation may be compromised. Allocating additional 2785644 bytes to IO Memory. PMem allocated: 122683392 bytes; IOMem allocated: 11534336 bytes               Restricted Rights Legend Use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph (c) of the Commercial Computer Software - Restricted Rights clause at FAR sec. 52.227-19 and subparagraph (c) (1) (ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS sec. 252.227-7013.            cisco Systems, Inc.            170 West Tasman Drive            San Jose, California 95134-1706 Cisco IOS Software, 1841 Software (C1841-ADVIPSERVICESK9-M), Version 12.4(20)T, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc3) Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport Copyright (c) 1986-2008 by Cisco Systems, Inc. Compiled Thu 10-Jul-08 20:28 by prod_rel_team PASSWORD RECOVERY IS DISABLED. Do you want to reset the router to factory default configuration and proceed [y/n] ? Reset router configuration to factory default. ... View more