20 Dec
2001
20 Dec
'01
2:42 p.m.
---- On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Eric Dittman
(dittman(a)dittman.net) wrote:
Today I found the following:
1) IBM PS/2 P70 Portable with Xenix386
loaded. Does anyone know
how to bypass the root password so I can
log
in?
2) A DEC BC56H SCSI cable. I have
enough, but since this is a
little hard to find, I bought it to pass
on to
anyone on the list
that needs it.
3) An Apple board with part number
077-0219-A. This has two
9-pin connectors, one labeled "TO MOUSE
UNIT" and the other
labeled "TO MOUSE CONN.". There's a
25-pin connector labeled
"TO SCSI CONN.". The date on the board is
1985. Since the
board only cost $1, I figured I'd better
grab it before it
was tossed.
--
Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net
Check out the DEC Enthusiasts Club at
http://www.dittman.net/
One thing that may work is build a Linux box
with the support for the Xenix/SysV file
system and try to mount the drive from there
and edit out the password in the password
file.
I've done that before with other Unix
systems...
Bill
--
Bill Pechter
Systems Administrator
uReach Technologies
732-335-5432 (Work)
877-661-2126 (Fax)
20 Dec
20 Dec
3 p.m.
One thing that may work is build a Linux box
with the support for the Xenix/SysV file
system and try to mount the drive from there
and edit out the password in the password
file.
I've done that before with other Unix
systems...
I'd do that if this wasn't a PS/2 with the funky drive
connections. I don't have another PS/2.
--
Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net
Check out the DEC Enthusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/
3:27 p.m.
On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Eric Dittman wrote:
You could make a pair of Linux slackware boot/root floppies with the
necessary FS support in a custom kernel on the bootdisk, and mount the
drive, and do the necessary file editing in this manner.
Peace... Sridhar
One thing that
may work is build a Linux box
with the support for the Xenix/SysV file
system and try to mount the drive from there
and edit out the password in the password
file.
I've done that before with other Unix
systems...
I'd do that if this wasn't a PS/2 with the funky drive
connections. I don't have another PS/2. 
21 Dec
21 Dec
2:46 a.m.
On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Boatman on the River of Suck wrote:
On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Eric Dittman wrote:
You could make a pair of Linux slackware boot/root floppies with the
necessary FS support in a custom kernel on the bootdisk, and mount the
drive, and do the necessary file editing in this manner.
Might want to check out this bootdisk:
http://www.toms.net/rb/
You would likely still have to compile a kernel with MCA and the other
options you'll need, but it has a good set of utilities.
-Toth
One thing
that may work is build a Linux box
with the support for the Xenix/SysV file
system and try to mount the drive from there
and edit out the password in the password
file.
I've done that before with other Unix
systems...
I'd do that if this wasn't a PS/2 with the funky drive
connections. I don't have another PS/2.
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