| I am trying to reset a password I don't know. | -I power off the switch | -power on and hold down the MODE button until 1x light goes out | -at the switch pronpt I type flash_init it does its thing loading a | image | -load_helper | -boot | | when I get it booted I type enable and hit return at the password | prompt 3 tries and I get a bad secrets ,message | | any idea how I should proceed to recover thi password
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are missing several steps.
-After issuing the load_helper command issue the command dir flash:
-Then type the foollowing: rename flash:config.text flash:config.old
-Issue the boot command.
-Press "n" to abort initial connfiguration dialog.
-enable
-Type the following: rename flash:config.old flash:config.text
-Then copy the config into memory: copy flash:config.text system:running-config
-conf t
-change the passwords and
-write mem