14 Aug
2009
14 Aug
'09
8:08 p.m.
Got myself an IBM RS/6000 N40 laptop (made by Tadpole -- looks identical
to the Sparcbook 3 externally) and I'm looking for OS media for it. I
believe this runs AIX 3.2.5, and that's about it. Currently there's
some version of AIX installed (the login prompt just says "3") but of
course I don't know any usernames/passwords. (If there's a way to reset
the password that doesn't require an AIX OS CD, that would be useful as
well...)
Thanks,
Josh
14 Aug
14 Aug
8:37 p.m.
Josh Dersch wrote:
course I don't know any usernames/passwords. (If
there's a way to reset
the password that doesn't require an AIX OS CD, that would be useful as
well...)
Will Linux read/write the AIX filesystem ? If so take the hard disk out,
mount it in a Linux box and edit the password/shadow files.
Even if Linux doesn't understand the AIX filesystem, you should also be
able to use a disk editing tool to search through the disk looking for
the password file and directly edit it.
This of course asumes that you have access to a Linux box and that the
AIX hard disk is something standard like IDE or SCSI.
Cheers.
Phill.
--
Phill Harvey-Smith, Programmer, Hardware hacker, and general eccentric !
"You can twist perceptions, but reality won't budge" -- Rush.
9:18 p.m.
Phill Harvey-Smith wrote:
Josh Dersch wrote:
It's laptop (2.5") SCSI. I don't have anything that'll talk to
those
other than the Sparcbook... I suppose I could try the drive in the
Sparcbook and boot from a linux/netbsd CD and try to hack the password
files that way...
Josh
course I don't know any usernames/passwords.
(If there's a way to
reset the password that doesn't require an AIX OS CD, that would be
useful as well...)
Will Linux read/write the AIX filesystem ? If so take the hard disk
out, mount it in a Linux box and edit the password/shadow files.
Even if Linux doesn't understand the AIX filesystem, you should also
be able to use a disk editing tool to search through the disk looking
for the password file and directly edit it.
This of course asumes that you have access to a Linux box and that the
AIX hard disk is something standard like IDE or SCSI.
Cheers.
Phill.
9:53 p.m.
Josh Dersch wrote:
Can't pretty much any SCSI controller talk to that drive, given the
proper cable?
Peace... Sridhar
This of course
asumes that you have access to a Linux box and that the
AIX hard disk is something standard like IDE or SCSI.
It's laptop (2.5") SCSI. I don't have anything that'll talk to
those
other than the Sparcbook... I suppose I could try the drive in the
Sparcbook and boot from a linux/netbsd CD and try to hack the password
files that way...
9:57 p.m.
Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
Josh Dersch wrote:
Can't pretty much any SCSI controller talk to that drive, given the
proper cable?
Sure, I imagine. I just don't have the right cable (and given that
laptop SCSI fell out of fashion a decade or more ago, I'm guessing
finding one would be fun), so none of my systems can bridge the gap at
the moment.
- Josh
This of
course asumes that you have access to a Linux box and that
the AIX hard disk is something standard like IDE or SCSI.
It's laptop (2.5") SCSI. I don't have anything that'll talk to
those
other than the Sparcbook... I suppose I could try the drive in the
Sparcbook and boot from a linux/netbsd CD and try to hack the
password files that way...
Peace... Sridhar
10:17 p.m.
Josh Dersch wrote:
Sure, I imagine. I just don't have the right cable (and given that
laptop SCSI fell out of fashion a decade or more ago, I'm guessing
finding one would be fun), so none of my systems can bridge the gap at
the moment.
It's really too bad you're not closer to me. I could break into that
machine poste haste.
Peace... Sridhar
It's laptop (2.5") SCSI. I don't have
anything that'll talk to those
other than the Sparcbook... I suppose I could try the drive in the
Sparcbook and boot from a linux/netbsd CD and try to hack the
password files that way...
Can't pretty much any SCSI controller talk to that drive, given the
proper cable? 
23 Aug
23 Aug
1:21 p.m.
Josh Dersch wrote:
Got myself an IBM RS/6000 N40 laptop (made by Tadpole
-- looks identical
to the Sparcbook 3 externally) and I'm looking for OS media for it. I
believe this runs AIX 3.2.5, and that's about it. Currently there's
some version of AIX installed (the login prompt just says "3") but of
course I don't know any usernames/passwords. (If there's a way to reset
the password that doesn't require an AIX OS CD, that would be useful as
well...)
Well, I've dug out what I think is an AIX 3.2.5 distribution kit. It is
yours for the cost of shipping (I'm in central England). Two caveats:
1. Tadpole patched Solaris to make it run on the Sparcbook. If they
did the same for AIX, this particular kit may not support your machine.
2. The boot media are 8mm video cassettes, so you will need a tape
drive and the ability to boot from it.
Philip.
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