cisco help

I know that this is not a forum for cisco but their site blows. I recently
screwed up and erased flash memory on a cisco switch. Now I dont know how
to install another one. What do I need to buy or is there a site that can
give me answers
thanks
Mike

Do you have a copy of the IOS image? If not, then you need to get a simple
maintenance contract for it. Then you will be able to download any IOS image
you want.

Cheers.....


"Nookie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I know that this is not a forum for cisco but their site blows. I
recently
> screwed up and erased flash memory on a cisco switch. Now I dont know how
> to install another one. What do I need to buy or is there a site that can
> give me answers
> thanks
> Mike
>
>

On 2005-01-10 15:45:59 -0500, "Nookie" <(E-Mail Removed)> said:

> I know that this is not a forum for cisco but their site blows. I
> recently screwed up and erased flash memory on a cisco switch. Now I
> dont know how to install another one. What do I need to buy or is
> there a site that can give me answers
> thanks
> Mike

You'll need an IOS image, a TFTP server application, a Cisco console
cable, and a crossover Cat5 cable. If you don't have an IOS image,
you'll need to purchase a maintenance contract (SmartNet) from Cisco in
order to get one. Once you get your IOS image, connect the cables
appropriately, fire up your TFTP server, and then boot into ROMMON on
the Cisco switch. From there TFTP the IOS image from your PC to the
switch and reconfigure as needed.

BTW, try comp.dcom.sys.cisco sometime--I've found that Usenet newsgroup
to be pretty helpful.

HTH.

--
Scott Lowe

thanks for the info
Mike
"Scott Lowe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On 2005-01-10 15:45:59 -0500, "Nookie" <(E-Mail Removed)> said:
>
>> I know that this is not a forum for cisco but their site blows. I
>> recently screwed up and erased flash memory on a cisco switch. Now I
>> dont know how to install another one. What do I need to buy or is there
>> a site that can give me answers
>> thanks
>> Mike
>
> You'll need an IOS image, a TFTP server application, a Cisco console
> cable, and a crossover Cat5 cable. If you don't have an IOS image, you'll
> need to purchase a maintenance contract (SmartNet) from Cisco in order to
> get one. Once you get your IOS image, connect the cables appropriately,
> fire up your TFTP server, and then boot into ROMMON on the Cisco switch.
> From there TFTP the IOS image from your PC to the switch and reconfigure
> as needed.
>
> BTW, try comp.dcom.sys.cisco sometime--I've found that Usenet newsgroup to
> be pretty helpful.
>
> HTH.
>
> --
> Scott Lowe
>