Re:
>I just picked up an i860 box, which has System V
on it ... and I don't
>know the root password. If I interrupt the boot cycle at the start,
I'm still trying to figure this one out.
"boot" and "boot -s" and "boot -fubar" all get me to:
mboot
enter name of the kernel to boot:
(i.e., "boot" doesn't appear to have any parameters, or else it's
doing a darn bad job of parsing the input ... computers should
*always* complain about unused/extra input from a human on a
command line :)
So, in the "boot" dialog, if I hit <return>, it boots to "unix"
(and
requires a regular login, which I can't do)
If I enter "unix -s", or "unix s" or "-s unix" or "unix
-ss" or "fubar" , it
says:
Boot: Cannot load XXX: file not opened
where "XXX" is whatever text I entered (e.g., "unix -ss" or
"fubar")
If I can't get past this, I'll try mounting the hard drive on a Unix
machine somewhere, to see if I can find/edit /etc/passwd.
Stan