[SunHELP] Boot cdrom -s from Netra X1? HELP!

[Magnus Abrante]

On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 05:33:45PM -0800, Brandon Yu wrote:
> Well, we just got this brand spanking new Netra X1 for playing around with.
> Yesterday I had done a bunch of configuration stuff to change the user's
> shells and what not. The mistake I made was to define root's shell as
> /sbin/bash, because it doesn't exist...dang fatfinger!!! Anyway, upon login
> I get a "no shell" error and can't login as root. Yikes!!! Ok, so to modify
> the /etc/passwd for root I have to boot cdrom -s, mount the root f/s and
> edit. Well, so now we start having problems....since there is NO CDROM.
>  
> Has anyone added a cdrom to a Netra X1? Is there any other way to boot a
> mini root w/o cdrom?

*Wonderwhypeoplecan'tleaverootsshellaloneandtrulywishtheydid* :-)

Hrmm.

No, there is no CD-rom in the Netra X1, you have to create a jumpstart image,
add the Netra X1 specific drivers (can be found on www.sun.com/netra) and
then do a boot net -s from the OBP of the netra in question. Then you
can mount the disks and edit /etc/passwd.

Best Regards,

        //Magnus Abrante
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