Cisco 7600 Fails to Accept Password Reset

I’ve had problems resetting the password on a 7606 Sup720-DFC-3BXL. I would do the normal break and confreg 0x2142, but it would continue to boot with the old config, refusing to bypass. The fix is that there are two places to issue the break sequence. At the initial boot, but also when it says “Download Start !!!!”. When you see the download start, do the normal break sequence and follow the normal reset process.

System Bootstrap, Version 8.1(3)
Copyright (c) 1994-2004 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Cat6k-Sup720/SP processor with 1048576 Kbytes of main memory

Autoboot executing command: “boot disk0:c7600s72033-advipservicesk9-mz.122-33.SRB1.bin”
Loading image, please wait …

monitor: command “boot” aborted due to user interrupt
Exit at the end of BOOT string

rommon 1 > confreg 0x2142monitor: command “confreg” not found
rommon 2 > reset

System Bootstrap, Version 8.1(3)
Copyright (c) 1994-2004 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Cat6k-Sup720/SP processor with 1048576 Kbytes of main memory

Autoboot executing command: “boot disk0:c7600s72033-advipservicesk9-mz.122-33.SRB1.bin”
Loading image, please wait …

Self extracting the image… [OK]
Self decompressing the image : ########################################################################
############################################################## [OK]

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Cisco IOS Software, c7600s72033_sp Software (c7600s72033_sp-ADVIPSERVICESK9-M), Version 12.2(33)SRB1, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc3)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2007 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Fri 01-Jun-07 09:32 by prod_rel_team
Image text-base: 0x401012FC, data-base: 0x4186E610

*Mar 6 23:32:22.055: %SYS-3-LOGGER_FLUSHING: System pausing to ensure console debugging output.

*Mar 6 23:32:21.447: %PFREDUN-6-ACTIVE: Initializing as ACTIVE processor

*Mar 6 23:32:22.055: %OIR-6-CONSOLE: Changing console ownership to route processor

System Bootstrap, Version 12.2(17r)S2, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
TAC Support: http://www.cisco.com/tac
Copyright (c) 2004 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Cat6k-Sup720/RP platform with 1048576 Kbytes of main memory

Download Start
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!rommon 1 > confreg 0x2142

rommon 2 > boot
Please reset before booting
rommon 3 > reset

System Bootstrap, Version 12.2(17r)S2, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
TAC Support: http://www.cisco.com/tac
Copyright (c) 2004 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Cat6k-Sup720/RP platform with 1048576 Kbytes of main memory

Download Start
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Download Completed! Booting the image.
Self decompressing the image : ######################################################################
#######################################################################
#####################################################################
#####################################################################
######### [OK]

Restricted Rights Legend

Use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government is
subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph
(c) of the Commercial Computer Software – Restricted
Rights clause at FAR sec. 52.227-19 and subparagraph
(c) (1) (ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer
Software clause at DFARS sec. 252.227-7013.

cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, California 95134-1706

Cisco IOS Software, c7600s72033_rp Software (c7600s72033_rp-ADVIPSERVICESK9-M), Version 12.2(33)SRB1, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc3)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2007 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Fri 01-Jun-07 09:23 by prod_rel_team
Image text-base: 0x401012FC, data-base: 0x437069B0

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cisco CISCO7606 (R7000) processor (revision 1.0) with 983008K/65536K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID FOX104612L2
SR71000 CPU at 600Mhz, Implementation 0x504, Rev 1.2, 512KB L2 Cache
Last reset from s/w reset
1 Virtual Ethernet interface
74 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
1917K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
8192K bytes of packet buffer memory.

65536K bytes of Flash internal SIMM (Sector size 512K).

— System Configuration Dialog —

Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]: no

Press RETURN to get started!

If you wipe the config completely, when you reboot you will most likely need to enter
“boot disk0:IMAGE-NAME” as in:

boot disk0:c7600s72033-advipservicesk9-mz.122-33.SRB1.bin