[rescue] $219 Octanes

[Thomas Gallaway]

Isnt there single user mode for IRIX?
remove the root password and your the man.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shawn Wallbridge" <swallbridge at franticfilms.com>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: [rescue] $219 Octanes


> Well, I just fired it up and it has 6.5 on it, so I really want to get
> into it to see if it has any usefull software. Hopefully their are some
> easy exploits that I can download.
>
> If not, it shouldn't take long to load.
>
> shawn
>
>
> Larry Snyder wrote:
>
> >Cool.  The one that my friend Rick got for about $that showed up for
> >a load last night.  512M, SI, 4.3G...wiped.  Appearance was fine.
> >6.5.15 load (8 disks incl freeware) from a 4x Plex took a little over
> >2 hours (as opposed to loading up his 100MHz I2 from a Toshiba at
> >
> >6!!!)  rqsall was funny: a few minutes vs 1.5 hours :)
> >
> >
> >
> >I don't think you'll be disappointed.
> >
> >Task at hand now is to convince him to use it for a daily driver --
> >mail, browsing, etc -- instead of his mega-massive windows boxen.
> >
> >Let us know how yours comes out!
> >-ls-
> >
> >
> >Shawn Wallbridge <swallbridge at franticfilms.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>So I got my Octane today. One of the ones that had the $219 BIN.
> >>
> >>It is pretty scratched up, but hopefully I can clean it up a bit. The
> >>absolutely fantastic part is.....it has a hard drive. I could care less
> >>about the HD itself, but the sled is the big thing. It was advertised as
> >>having no hard drive, which may be why they sold for so little. The HD
> >>has a sticker on it saying IRIX 6.4, which is no big deal because I have
> >>6.5 (but I am curious what is on the drive).
> >>
> >>Anyways, I havent' fired it up yet (I just got back with it), but I will
> >>post a hinv once I do.
> >>
> >>shawn
> >>
> >>
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