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2950 switch won't start up!!!

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saw164

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Jan 17, 2006
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I have a catalyst 2950, which i recieved from another office that has been completely wiped clean! i power the switch up and i get


C2950 Boot Loader (C2950-HBOOT-M) Version 12.1(11r)EA1, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Compiled Mon 22-Jul-02 17:18 by antonino WS-C2950T-24 starting...Base ethernet MAC Address: 00:0f:34:80:7b:c0 Xmodem file system is available. Initializing Flash...flashfs[0]: 0 files, 1 directories flashfs[0]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories flashfs[0]: Total bytes: 7741440
flashfs[0]: Bytes used: 1024
flashfs[0]: Bytes available: 7740416
flashfs[0]: flashfs fsck took 4 seconds.
...done initializing flash.
Boot Sector Filesystem (bs:) installed, fsid: 3 Parameter Block Filesystem (pb:) installed, fsid: 4
Loading ""...: permission denied

Error loading ""

Interrupt within 5 seconds to abort boot process.
Boot process failed...

The system is unable to boot automatically. The BOOT environment variable needs to be set to a bootable image.

switch:

what File do i need to start it up, and how do i load it onto the switch? I have been reading forms after forms on Cisco website, but haven't found anything thats help, hopeing somebody has encountered this before!
Thanks,
Scott
 
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