Password Recovery With Password Recovery Enabled - Cisco Catalyst 2950 Software Configuration Manual

Chapter 31 Troubleshooting
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Password Recovery with Password Recovery Enabled

If the password-recovery mechanism is enabled, this message appears:
The system has been interrupted prior to initializing the flash file system. The following
commands will initialize the flash file system, and finish loading the operating system
software:
flash_init
load_helper
boot
Follow these steps when the password-recovery is enabled:
Initialize the flash file system:
Step 1
switch: flash_init
If you had set the console port speed to anything other than 9600, it has been reset to that particular
Step 2
speed. Change the emulation software line speed to match that of the switch console port.
Load any helper files:
Step 3
switch: load_helper
Display the contents of flash memory:
Step 4
switch: dir flash:
The switch file system appears in the directory.
Step 5 Rename the configuration file to config.text.old.
This file contains the password definition.
switch: rename flash: config.text flash: config.text.old
Boot the system:
Step 6
switch: boot
You are prompted to start the setup program. Enter N at the prompt:
Continue with the configuration dialog? [yes/no]: N
At the switch prompt, enter privileged EXEC mode:
Step 7
Switch> enable
Rename the configuration file to its original name:
Step 8
Switch# rename flash: config.text.old flash: config.text
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If you see a message that begins with this:
The password-recovery mechanism has been triggered, but is currently disabled.
go to the "Procedure with Password Recovery Disabled" section on page
Catalyst 2950 and Catalyst 2955 Switch Software Configuration Guide
Using Recovery Procedures
31-6, and follow the steps.
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