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Cisco 2948G-ge-tx boot issue

I just got this switch and don't know how to make it boot on its own. I tried to add the boot image to the configuration and messed it up. i know this is a simple thing, i just can't quite get it going. It boots to rommon mode. To finish booting, i only need to type "Boot" and press enter.

Here is the "SET" params

Console> (enable) reset
This command will reset the system.
Do you want to continue (y/n) [n]? y
2014 Jun 06 19:46:02 %SYS-5-SYS_RESET:System reset from Console//
Console> (enable) 0:00.572297: Please set IPAddr variable
0:00.572881: Please set Netmask variable
0:00.573239: Please set Broadcast variable
0:00.573723: Network is not configured
WS-C2948G-GE-TX bootrom version 6.1(6), built on 2003.09.19 15:52:35
H/W Revisions:    Fin: 2    Ventral: 7    Board: 1
Supervisor MAC addresses: 00:11:92:fd:82:40 through 00:11:92:fd:82:7f (64 addresses)
Installed memory: 64 MB
Testing LEDs.... done!
rommon 1 > set
PS1=rommon ! >
TftpServer=10.1.1.1
vitConsecTimeouts=192
vitTimeouts=2686
DiagBootMode=post
MemorySize=64
ResetCause=6
TmpfsAddr=2197815296
TmpfsSize=12582912
TmpfsDirectorySize=10240
DiagFreePageLimit=12288
AutobootStatus=fail
?=0

The text below was added by me and I put the wrong image name in and I think that is one of the issues that is keeping it from booting on its own. cat4000.5-1-1.bin is incorrect. It should say cat4000-k8.8-4-1GLX.bin and thats all.

BOOT=bootflash:cat4000.5-1-1.bin,1;bootflash:cat4000-k8.8-4-1-GLX.bin,1;
WHICHBOOT=bootflash:cat4000-k8.8-2-1-GLX.bin
ROMVERSION=6.1(6)
rommon 2 > rommon 2 > dir
usage: dir <device>
rommon 3 > dir bootflash:
         File size           Checksum   File name
   5096772 bytes (0x4dc544)   0xe28d2e55    cat4000-k8.8-2-1-GLX.bin
   4676168 bytes (0x475a48)   0x5b02471f    cat4000-k8.8-4-1-GLX.bin
     25590 bytes (0x63f6)     0x253c3a67    pn1brn4c8-2948k5.cfg

Someone told me to type the following, but this gives an error
 rommon 4 > BOOT=bootdisk: cat4000-k8.8-4-1-GLX.bin

Error cat4000-k8.8-4-1-GLX.bin: Command not found.

The switch works great if I don't have to manually finish the boot process anytime it would be power-cycled.
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