2960X
This is how you do a 2960X recovery (if its enabled)
1. Remove the switch from the stack (if applicable)
2. Identify the Mode button on the front of the unit, press it and hold it down
3. power down the device and plug it back on (holding in the mode button)
4. Wait 40 odd seconds until the 'SYST,STAT,MAST,STACK' all go solid amber, release the button.
5. Confirm you are at the "Switch:" prompt
6. Follow the bouncing ball below;
*****ouput omitted*****
USB Console INIT
The system has been interrupted prior to initializing the
flash filesystem. The following commands will initialize
the flash filesystem, and finish loading the operating
system software:
flash_init
boot
switch: flash_init
Initializing Flash...
mifs[5]: 12 files, 1 directories
mifs[5]: Total bytes : 1806336
mifs[5]: Bytes used : 833536
mifs[5]: Bytes available : 972800
mifs[5]: mifs fsck took 0 seconds.
mifs[6]: 2 files, 1 directories
mifs[6]: Total bytes : 3870720
mifs[6]: Bytes used : 1213440
mifs[6]: Bytes available : 2657280
mifs[6]: mifs fsck took 1 seconds.
mifs[7]: 5 files, 1 directories
mifs[7]: Total bytes : 258048
mifs[7]: Bytes used : 8192
mifs[7]: Bytes available : 249856
mifs[7]: mifs fsck took 0 seconds.
mifs[8]: 5 files, 1 directories
mifs[8]: Total bytes : 258048
mifs[8]: Bytes used : 8192
mifs[8]: Bytes available : 249856
mifs[8]: mifs fsck took 0 seconds.
-- MORE --
mifs[9]: 676 files, 20 directories
mifs[9]: Total bytes : 122185728
mifs[9]: Bytes used : 63717888
mifs[9]: Bytes available : 58467840
mifs[9]: mifs fsck took 61 seconds.
...done Initializing Flash.
switch: dir flash:
Directory of flash:/
2 -rwx 976 <date> vlan.dat
3 -rwx 31590400 <date> c2960x-universalk9-tar.152-5b.E.tar
4 -rwx 3096 <date> multiple-fs
5 -rwx 16463 <date> config.text
6 -rwx 3593 <date> private-config.text
7 drwx 512 <date> c2960x-universalk9-mz.152-5b.E
695 drwx 512 <date> dc_profile_dir
57097K bytes available (62224K bytes used)
switch: rename flash:config.text flash:config.old
switch:
switch: dir flash:
Directory of flash:/
2 -rwx 976 <date> vlan.dat
3 -rwx 31590400 <date> c2960x-universalk9-tar.152-5b.E.tar
4 -rwx 3096 <date> multiple-fs
5 -rwx 16463 <date> config.old
6 -rwx 3593 <date> private-config.text
7 drwx 512 <date> c2960x-universalk9-mz.152-5b.E
695 drwx 512 <date> dc_profile_dir
57097K bytes available (62224K bytes used)
switch: boot
Loading "flash:/c2960x-universalk9-mz.152-5b.E/c2960x-universalk9-mz.152-5b.E.bin"...Verifying image flash:/c2960x-universalk9-mz.152-5b.E/c2960x-universalk9-mz.152-5b.E.bin........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Image passed digital signature verification
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