Re: Cisco Password recovery-HELP!

[Aaron Beck <aaronb () mpl net>]

On Fri, 20 Feb 1998, Adam Rothschild wrote:

> Hi.  I'm trying to recover the enable pw on a 2501 with IOS 10.2
> (bootstrap: 5.2(5) release) and I'm failing miserably.
>
> I boot the system up, and send it a break (i'm minicom; ctrl + 6 and ctrl
> + ^ work as a break on a cisco for me), yet it boots normally, rather than
> bringing me the ">" prompt.
minicom break is alt-f

cisco break is shift-6-x.. different things entirely

> If someone could pleaes contact me ASAP (private e-mail is best) I'd
> greatly appreciate it!

after you get to the magic > prompt:
o/r 0x41
i

make your changes, etc.
conf t
config-reg 0x2102 (or whatever)

reload

enjoy!

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