Procedure With Password Recovery Enabled - Cisco Catalyst 9500 Manual

Troubleshooting the Software Configuration
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Unable to load cat9k-rpboot.16.06.02b.SPA.pkg
Failed to boot file flash:user/packages.conf
ERROR: failed to boot from flash:packages.conf (Aborted) <--- will abort
switch:
switch:
Initializing Hardware...
System Bootstrap, Version 16.8.1r [FC4], RELEASE SOFTWARE (P)
Compiled 20-03-2018 15:12:03.01 by rel
Current ROMMON image : Primary Rommon Image
Last reset cause:PowerOn
C9500-48Y4C platform with 16777216 Kbytes of main memory
Preparing to autoboot. [Press Ctrl-C to interrupt]
to get to rommon
Proceed to the Procedure with Password Recovery Enabled section, and follow the steps.
Step 5 After recovering the password, reload the switch or the active switch.
On a switch:
Switch> reload
Proceed with reload? [confirm] y
On the active switch:
Switch> reload slot <stack-active-member-number>
Proceed with reload? [confirm] y
Step 6
Power on the remaining switches in the stack.

Procedure with Password Recovery Enabled

Procedure
Step 1 Ignore the startup configuration with the following command:
Device: SWITCH_IGNORE_STARTUP_CFG=1
Step 2 Boot the switch with the packages.conf file from flash.
Device: boot flash:packages.conf
Step 3 Terminate the initial configuration dialog by answering No.
<---- ROMMON
System Management Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.x (Catalyst 9500 Switches)
Procedure with Password Recovery Enabled
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