Breaking into P/OS

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1 total messages Started by Glenn Everhart 215 354 7610 Ever... Thu, 25 Apr 1991 12:54

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Author: Glenn Everhart 215 354 7610 Ever...
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1991 12:54

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To break into P/OS, if you can get to a Pro (runnin g p/os 2.0 or
later at least) that you can use, there is in the menu system a
facility for writing a "password floppy". If you boot the Pro and
have that floppy loaded, its' password will override the one on
the hard disk. I used this technique once, but it's been long
enough ago I don't recall more detail. I believe that some help
exists on the system, though, as I had no manuals to infer this
from at the time. (Someone had left the company and his pro was
unusable till I freed it.) Doing this will also set a password on
the pro you make the floppy on, but you can reset that after the
floppy is safely written.
   I don't particularly recommend passwords on personal Pros due to
the extreme inconvenience they cause.
Glenn Everhart

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