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I have a Catalyst 2955 that has ignored all my attempts to interrupt autoboot with the Break sequence. I have tried PuTTY, TeraTeSwitching, Catalyst 2000, Other Switchesrm, and HyperTerminal, pressing Break, Ctrl-Break, Ctrl-B, -C, and spacebar at 3...
I didn't catch that the text was yours. Either way, it didn't appear.The Break that worked was issued as soon as possible, perhaps before the first boot text appeared on the PuTTY terminal screen. I had previously tried waiting a second or two, 15 ...
Well, well ! I tried the PuTTY Special Command/Break one last time and lo an behold, it worked! I don't know what I did differently from the ten or so times I have tried it before. The Switch# prompt came up and I was shocked. I have now configur...
The message... !−−− Wait until you see this message before you issue the break sequence. !−−− Ctrl+Break is entered using Hyperterm.... never appears. I suspect this supports Mark Elsen's suggestion that "some genius" locked the keys in the car...
So... the hardware can be locked forever? You would think that there would be a way to do a hardware reset, perhaps inside the case. A jumper or "short these two pins..."Michael
here you go...C2955 Boot Loader (C2955-HBOOT-M) Version 12.1(12r)EA1, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)Compiled Mon 13-Jan-03 13:14 by madisonWS-C2955T-12 starting...Base ethernet MAC Address: 00:21:a1:1e:24:40Xmodem file system is available.Initializing Flash....
