Password recovery not working on 2610 Router. Help Please

[GSXRSRAD1000]

I finally got my hands on a console cable and to no surprise there is a password on it. I was givin some equip to practice for my CCNA exam and they had passwords on them. I tried running the confreg 0x2142 command at the rommon 1> prompt and then typed reset at the rommon 2> and this is the message I get. Does anyone know a way around this?

System Bootstrap, Version 11.3(2)XA4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 1999 by cisco Systems, Inc.
TAC:Home:SW:IOS:Specials for info
C2600 platform with 32768 Kbytes of main memory

device does not contain a valid magic number
boot: cannot open "flash:"
boot: cannot determine first file name on device "flash:"

System Bootstrap, Version 11.3(2)XA4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 1999 by cisco Systems, Inc.
TAC:Home:SW:IOS:Specials for info
C2600 platform with 32768 Kbytes of main memory

device does not contain a valid magic number
boot: cannot open "flash:"
boot: cannot determine first file name on device "flash:"

System Bootstrap, Version 11.3(2)XA4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 1999 by cisco Systems, Inc.
TAC:Home:SW:IOS:Specials for info
C2600 platform with 32768 Kbytes of main memory

 

[Jsteve]

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/130/recovery_c2600.html

 

[woodraith]

I thought I saw this on my router when I replaced the flash, I found out that there was no IOS on the router, I took it out when I replaced the flash.


I have been known to be wrong.

 

[Narizz28]

I had the same scenario as Woodraith. I had to put an IOS into flash via the console cable.