Can't erase flash or startup-config on my new eBay switch

Tricon7Tricon7 Inactive Imported Users Posts: 238
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I have a problem with a switch I bought off eBay. It has a lot of stuff configured on it, and when I gave the command "delete:vlan.dat" I only got "%Error deleting flash (No such file or directory)." When I tried the command "erase start" I got "% Invalid input detected at '^' marker." Needless to say, I was in privileged exec mode, so I don't know why I got the error.

Can someone help? I can't do my work without a working switch! Otherwise I'll have to drive 40 miles to the school lab.
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  • markzabmarkzab Member Posts: 619
    This might help...

    http://techexams.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=23248&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=25
    "You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't how hard you hit; it's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!" - Rocky
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  • Tricon7Tricon7 Inactive Imported Users Posts: 238
    No - didn't help. His problem, whatever it was, wasn't really the same thing as what I have. It asks for the username and password, which I know, since I put it in the other day, but when I try to delete all the previous configurations from NVRAM, it won't let me, and gave me those errors I mentioned.

    Still have no idea how to proceed.
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  • keenonkeenon Member Posts: 1,922 ■■■■□□□□□□
    what kind of switch is it?

    most switches you can

    hold down the mode button, power the switch back on and go through the password recovery/ delete the start up config.. i'm curious what the config register is icon_confused.gif
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  • markzabmarkzab Member Posts: 619
    Re-read the first page, not the 2nd one. It explains how to rename the config.text file and then reboot into a clean machine.
    "You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't how hard you hit; it's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!" - Rocky
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  • markzabmarkzab Member Posts: 619
    [quote=DW [banned]]Have you considered trying this real quick.

    1. Boot the switch.
    2. Hold down the mode button for say 30 seconds or so.
    3. Let it boot....

    when it boots you'll get three commands:

    flash_init
    load_helper
    something else...

    Type flash_init

    then load_helper

    Perform a "dir flash:" - every letter counts...

    You are looking for config.text.

    if you can perform the following you are GOLDEN

    "rename flash:config.text flash:config.old"

    then boot

    You got a fresh switch on your hands...

    if not - I'm working on it as speak... to try another option or two..

    Then either call me or give me your number.

    I'm getting you an image - this may fix things here...

    Can you call me?

    It's in your PM and we can walk through this one - it can be tough.[/quote]
    "You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't how hard you hit; it's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!" - Rocky
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  • Tricon7Tricon7 Inactive Imported Users Posts: 238
    keenon wrote:
    what kind of switch is it?

    most switches you can

    hold down the mode button, power the switch back on and go through the password recovery/ delete the start up config.. i'm curious what the config register is icon_confused.gif

    Switch is a 2924. Here's the startup-configuration:

    Jeff#show start
    Using 1568 out of 32768 bytes
    !
    version 11.2
    no service pad
    service password-encryption
    no service udp-small-servers
    no service tcp-small-servers
    !
    hostname Jeff
    !
    enable secret 5 $1$P8yl$VtXI58slJdzjrgEN5kQIc.
    enable password 7 05080F1C2243
    !
    !
    no spanning-tree vlan 1
    !
    !
    interface VLAN1
    ip address 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0
    ip helper-address 10.1.1.50
    ip helper-address 134.141.193.71
    no ip route-cache
    !
    interface FastEthernet0/1
    !
    interface FastEthernet0/2
    !
    interface FastEthernet0/3
    !
    interface FastEthernet0/4
    !
    interface FastEthernet0/5
    !
    interface FastEthernet0/6
    !
    interface FastEthernet0/7
    !
    interface FastEthernet0/8
    !
    interface FastEthernet0/9
    !
    interface FastEthernet0/10
    !
    interface FastEthernet0/11
    !
    interface FastEthernet0/12
    !
    interface FastEthernet0/13
    !
    interface FastEthernet0/14
    description NIA
    !
    interface FastEthernet0/15
    !
    interface FastEthernet0/16
    !
    interface FastEthernet0/17
    !
    interface FastEthernet0/18
    !
    interface FastEthernet0/19
    !
    interface FastEthernet0/20
    !
    interface FastEthernet0/21
    !
    interface FastEthernet0/22
    !
    interface FastEthernet0/23
    !
    interface FastEthernet0/24
    description Twister Connection to MetroPlexB C100
    speed 100
    duplex half
    !
    ip default-gateway 10.11.0.1
    snmp-server community public RO
    snmp-server community fanbwan RW
    snmp-server trap-authentication
    snmp-server chassis-id 0x10
    snmp-server enable traps config
    snmp-server enable traps vtp
    snmp-server host 10.10.22.10 fanbwan
    !
    line con 0
    password 7 01100F175804
    login
    stopbits 1
    line vty 0 4
    password 7 045802150C2E
    login
    line vty 5 15
    password 7 045802150C2E
    login
    !
    end

    I hope this sheds some light on things. Startup password is "cisco"; secret password is "class."
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  • Tricon7Tricon7 Inactive Imported Users Posts: 238
    My Cisco instructor took a look at my switch and fixed it. Seems it wasn't recognizing the "erase start" command - only the "write erase" command, which did the trick. He wasn't sure why the other didn't work. But - at least now I can work at home instead of driving 40 mi. round-trip to the lab at school.
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  • LOkrasaLOkrasa Member Posts: 343 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Possibly because its version 11.2... write erase is a old IOS command.
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  • shednikshednik Member Posts: 2,005
    LOkrasa wrote:
    Possibly because its version 11.2... write erase is a old IOS command.
    Yep my thoughts exactly
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  • NetstudentNetstudent Member Posts: 1,693 ■■■□□□□□□□
    I had a similar issue with one of my 2924's the other day. I was trying to erase the startup-config. So from priv. mode I was issueing the erase nvram command. The switch would ask for confirmation and I would press enter. Then it gives you that message saying it is formatting NVRAM or something like that. Reloaded the switch and it never killed that startup-config. So then I tried erase startup-config and that worked. Wierd.
    There is no place like 127.0.0.1 BUT 209.62.5.3 is my 127.0.0.1 away from 127.0.0.1!
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