Cisco Catalyst 2950 Software Configuration Manual page 585

Chapter 31 Troubleshooting
Reconnect the power cord to the switch and, within 15 seconds, press the Mode button while the System
Step 4
LED above port 1X is still flashing green. Continue pressing the Mode button until the System LED
turns briefly amber and then solid green; then release the Mode button.
Several lines of information about the software appear, as do instructions:
The system has been interrupted prior to initializing the flash file system. These
commands will initialize the flash file system, and finish loading the operating system
software:
flash_init
load_helper
boot
Step 5 Initialize the flash file system:
switch: flash_init
If you had set the console port speed to anything other than 9600, it has been reset to that particular
Step 6
speed. Change the emulation software line speed to match that of the switch console port.
Load any helper files:
Step 7
switch: load_helper
Display the contents of flash memory:
Step 8
switch: dir flash:
The switch file system appears in the directory.
Rename the configuration file to config.text.old.
Step 9
This file contains the password definition.
switch: rename flash: config.text flash: config.text.old
Step 10 Boot the system:
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, change to privileged EXEC mode:
Step 11
switch> enable
Step 12 Rename the configuration file to its original name:
switch# rename flash: config.text.old flash: config.text
Copy the configuration file into memory:
Step 13
switch# copy flash: config.text system: running-config
Source filename [config.text]?
Destination filename [running-config]?
Press Return in response to the confirmation prompts.
The configuration file is now reloaded, and you can use the following normal commands to change the
password.
Enter global configuration mode:
Step 14
switch# configure terminal
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