Procedure With Password Recovery Enabled - Cisco 3845 - Security Bundle Router Software Manual

Chapter 35 Troubleshooting
Several lines of information about the software appear with instructions, informing you if the password
recovery procedure has been disabled or not.
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After recovering the password, reload the switch:
Step 5
Switch> reload
Proceed with reload? [confirm] y

Procedure with Password Recovery Enabled

If the password-recovery mechanism is enabled, this message appears:
The system has been interrupted, or encountered an error during initializion of the flash
filesystem. The following commands will initialize the flash filesystem, and finish
loading the operating system software:
flash_init
load_helper
boot
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:
Directory of flash:
OL-23400-01
If you see a message that begins with this:
The system has been interrupted, or encountered an error during initializion of the
flash filesystem. The following commands will initialize the flash filesystem, and
finish loading the operating system software:
flash_init
load_helper
boot
proceed to the "Procedure with Password Recovery Enabled" section on page
steps.
If you see a message that begins with this:
The password-recovery mechanism has been triggered, but is currently disabled.
proceed to the "Procedure with Password Recovery Disabled" section on page
steps.
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11 -rwx 5825
18 -rwx 720
Mar 01 1993 22:30:48 image-name-mz.122-50-EX
Mar 01 1993 22:31:59 config.text
Mar 01 1993 02:21:30 vlan.dat
Cisco ME 3800X and 3600X Switch Software Configuration Guide
Recovering from a Lost or Forgotten Password
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