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Started by Philipp Grau
Fri, 09 Jun 1995 00:00
Single user boot
Author: Philipp Grau
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 1995 00:00
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 1995 00:00
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Hello folks, I've got an old HP Apollo Series 400 workstation, the label on it's back says it a Type 425t, seems to be a nice computer. The only problem i got is that no one knows the root password. Is there a possibility to get the box booting in single user mode without asking for a password? While boot with the service knob pressed there is some output: MD11 REV 1.95 1990/12/12.14.35.26 BOOTROM Rev. 2.0 29 NOV 90 # And then it is waiting for some input, there is is an option to boot the computer, but i've no docs, so i don't no what to do. Plase help TIA philipp /----------------------------------------------------------\ | Philipp Grau | grau@berlin.snafu.de | The answer is: 42 | | | phgrau@piak.snafu.de | | \----------------------------------------------------------/
Re: Single user boot
Author: Volker Tobias Mueller
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 00:00
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 00:00
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Hallo Philipp, ich weiss nicht ob ich Dir damit weiterhelfe, aber versuche mal beim booten, nachdem die Tastatur aufgelistet ist, die Spacetaste zu druecken. Ich habe mal bei HP gelesen, dass man so in den "attended boot mode" kommt. Dort soll dann ein Menu fuer Weiteres sein (z.B. default-bootplatte auswaehlen etc.). Vielleicht hilft Dir das weiter. Ich habe zwar auch eine 400T, aber ich habe den atm noch nie benutzten muessen :-) Wie kommst Du denn zu einer Kiste zu der Du das Passwort nicht kennst? Wenn Du das Problem geloest hast, koenntest Du mir mal ne mail zukommen lassen, vielleicht werd ich ja mal vergesslich ;-) Ciao, Volker PS: Warum konfigurierst Du nicht eine neue Platte, von der gebootet wird? Das ginge doch am schnellsten. -- *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | Volker Tobias Mueller e-mail:vtmue@ruf.uni-freiburg.de " Always look | * Student der Humanmedizin phone:(FRG)[0]761-35518 on the bright * | Freiburg - F.R.Germany side of life " | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Re: Single user boot
Author: sql
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 00:00
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 00:00
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phgrau@piak.snafu.de (Philipp Grau) wrote: > >Hello folks, > >I've got an old HP Apollo Series 400 workstation, the label on it's >back says it a Type 425t, ... Is >there a possibility to get the box booting in single user mode without >asking for a password? > > ... > >TIA >philipp It is a long time ago that I used an Apollo workstation, but if I remember correctly, you have to type g 0 (meaning 'go' from address 0) However, I don't give any guarantees, and I do not know specific of single user mode. Joerg Bruehe -- sql@sql.de
Re: Single user boot
Author: Robert Ess
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 00:00
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 00:00
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> phgrau@piak.snafu.de (Philipp Grau) wrote: > > > >Hello folks, > > > >I've got an old HP Apollo Series 400 workstation, the label on it's > >back says it a Type 425t, ... Is > >there a possibility to get the box booting in single user mode without > >asking for a password? > > There is not true 'single user mode' on the apollo. The equivalent is the phase II boot shell. You have to find the service/normal switch and put it in the service postion. power on the machine and type ex domain_os <OR> ex aegis This will boot to the phase II boot shell. You have pretty limited functionality at this point. You can get a 'unix' shell by typing 'sh'. However, you will need an account and a password to do anything further. Hope this helps. Bob 'Showing my age' Ess
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