
The flash filesystem, and finish loading the operating The system has been interrupted prior to initializing theįlash filesystem.

The password-recovery mechanism is enabled.

This interrupts the boot process before the Flash file system can initialize, and after a short while (continue holding the “mode” button) you will see the following prompt: Using driver version 1 for media type 1īase ethernet MAC Address: 4c:30:2d:81:ef:80 Step 1.Ĭonnect up your console cable and power on the switch, whilst holding down the “mode” button:

Flattening a switch before re-deployment is one of those simple tasks that I always find myself having lookup on the web, so I thought I’d save myself some time in future and document it here.
