Cisco Password Recovery procedure 3750:
When recovering a Cisco 3750 a flash error can occur
If you ever have to recover a Cisco 3750 switch or switch stack password there are some good instructions on the cisco web site on how to do this. However, part of the process involves accessing file(s) on the flash memory of the switch. Occasionally you might run into a problem when attempting to access the flash memory. The switch may report "unable to stat flash:/: invalid" argument.
For example when you type
dir: flashyou may receive and error which says
unable to stat flash:/: invalid argumentThis means the flash has not been initialised correctly. Simply typing in the command "flash" will begin the inisilization and allow you to access the flash memory. See below for a full out put from an effected switch.
switch: load_helper
switch: dir flash:
unable to stat flash:/: invalid argument
switch: flash
Initializing Flash...
flashfs[0]: 359 files, 5 directories
flashfs[0]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories
flashfs[0]: Total bytes: 32514048
flashfs[0]: Bytes used: 7138816
flashfs[0]: Bytes available: 25375232
flashfs[0]: flashfs fsck took 7 seconds.
...done Initializing Flash.
Boot Sector Filesystem (bs) installed,
Setting console baud rate to 9600...
switch: dir flash:
Directory of flash:/
2 -rwx 1482 <date> config.text.renamed
3 -rwx 5 <date> private-config.text.renamed
364 drwx 192 <date> c3750-ipbase-mz.122-25.SEB4
5 -rwx 556 <date> vlan.dat
6 -rwx 27 <date> private-config.text
7 -rwx 26768 <date> conf