How to Boot Cisco ASA stuck in ROMMON from a Flash Drive

So, I have a Cisco ASA 5505 that is kicking out the following errors:
Launching BootLoader...
Default configuration file contains 1 entry.

Searching / for images to boot.

No images in /
Error 15: File not found

unable to boot an image

Default configuration file contains 1 entry.

Searching / for images to boot.

No images in /
Error 15: File not found

unable to boot an image

Failsafe booting engaged.
Default configuration file contains 1 entry.

Searching / for images to boot.

No images in /
Error 15: File not found

unable to boot an image

I am wanting to either correct this, or set the ASA to boot the image from an external USB Drive.

Any assistance would be great.

Thanks

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Comments

kmcintosh78

Oh, Registry is set for the 001 value, so I think the issue is a corrupt Memory.

cisco_trooper

If you do a show version does the configuration register show as 0x1? or 001? Just want to clarify.

kmcintosh78

0x00000001

networker050184

I think the last time I tried this I found out that it was not available.

kmcintosh78

networker050184 wrote: »

I think the last time I tried this I found out that it was not available.

I just used the 'confreg' command.

networker050184

Where you able to boot from the USB? It's been a few years since I tried so maybe it works now.

kmcintosh78

networker050184 wrote: »

Where you able to boot from the USB? It's been a few years since I tried so maybe it works now.

Nope, as I don't know the correct command to do so.

dover

Yeah, I'm with networker....I don't think its doable. From the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Hardware Installation Guide

USB 2.0 interfaces: Not supported at this time.

I don't have one in front of me to test for myself.