Restoring A Flash Image - HP 4108GL Management And Configuration Manual

Restoring a Flash Image

The switch can lose its operating system if either the primary or secondary
flash image location is empty or contains a corrupted OS file and an operator
uses the erase flash command to erase a good OS image file from the opposite
flash location.
To Recover from an Empty or Corrupted Flash State. Use the switch's
console serial port to connect to a workstation or laptop computer that has
the following:
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N o t e
The following procedure requires the use of Xmodem, and copies an OS image
into primary flash only.
This procedure assumes you are using HyperTerminal as your terminal emu-
lator. If you use a different terminal emulator, you may need to adapt this
procedure to the operation of your particular emulator.
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3.
A terminal emulator program with Xmodem capability, such as the Hyper-
Terminal program included in Windows PC software.
A copy of a good OS image file for the switch.
Start the terminal emulator program.
Ensure that the terminal program is configured as follows:
Baud rate: 9600
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I No parity
I 8 Bits
Use the Reset button to reset the switch. The following prompt should
then appear in the terminal emulator:
1 stop bit
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I No flow control
Troubleshooting

Restoring a Flash Image

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