[geeks] So I'm sitting in front of my "new to me" SGI Indigo^2 (teal)...

[Lionel Peterson]

--- James Braid <jamesb at digipost.co.nz> wrote:
> Lionel Peterson wrote:
> > ...and I'm suffering from a "lack of root" password. Any thoughts?
> 
> You should be able to either boot up in single user (hit escape when
> it starts to boot, then 5 for command, then boot -s (or boot single,
> i forget).

It really wants root password to get past this, so...

> Otherwise, boot off the IRIX installation CD into the miniroot, type 
> "sh" when you are in inst to get a shell, then you can chroot into
> the drive and reset the password using passwd.

This may be the route I take - what do I set the CD ID as?

Thanks,


=====
Lionel

"Nothing would please me more than being able to hire ten
programmers and deluge the hobby market with good software"
Bill Gates, in "An OpenLetter to Hobbyists" dated February 3, 1976

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