When a Catalyst 3560 Won't Boot: Recovery from the Boot Loader
Sooner or later every network engineer sees it: after a reload, the switch does not come back. On the console there is only a switch: prompt. The IOS image is missing, corrupted, or the boot variable points to a file that does not exist. This is not a reason to replace the switch. The Catalyst 3560 boot loader has everything you need to get IOS running again, even when the image in flash is gone. This guide covers: ...