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Cisco 3500XL Switch. Does not load flash, or helper, or boots.

Mmaynard45
Level 1
Level 1

Base ethernet MAC Address: 00:0a:b7:07:35:80
Xmodem file system is available.

The system has been interrupted prior to initializing the
flash filesystem.  The following commands will initialize
the flash filesystem, and finish loading the operating
system software:

    flash_init
    load_helper
    boot

switch: flash_init
Initializing Flash...
flashfs[0]: 3 files, 1 directories
flashfs[0]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories
flashfs[0]: Total bytes: 3612672
flashfs[0]: Bytes used: 1815040
flashfs[0]: Bytes available: 1797632
flashfs[0]: flashfs fsck took 3 seconds.
...done Initializing Flash.
Boot Sector Filesystem (bs:) installed, fsid: 3
Parameter Block Filesystem (pb:) installed, fsid: 4
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mousmani
Level 1
Level 1

what image you were trying to boot with ?

Is it continuously rebooting ?

Either format flash or replace switch (RMA )

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