[parisc-linux] Thanks...alot

[tom@piace.com]

I was able to boot into single user mode, and edit the password file.  It
took a while to find a terminal program for my computer, that would let me
run vi correctly.  Thanks for all your help.

On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Eric Schnoebelen wrote:

> 
> tom@piace.com writes:
> - 	Does anyone know if hp has a development version of hpux like
> - sun has with solaris?  If not does anyone know of a way to reset the
> - password from the console.
> 
> 	Depending upon the OS version and the settings, you
> should be able to boot the system to single user mode, and reset
> the password.  I'm a bit out of practice, but if you ``boot
> isl'', and then enter `/hp-ux -is' (for 9.0x) or `/stand/vmunix
> -is' (for 10.20), you should be get a single user prompt,
> without having to enter a password (later OS versions may
> require the root password to enter single user mode.)
> 
> - 	My only other idea is to find a diff scsi card that I can put
> - into my other linux box, and try to mount the root partions, and edit the
> - password file.  
> 
> 	That probably won't work, as the filesystem used by
> HP-UX is just enough different that Linux won't be able to mount
> it..  If it's a 10.20 or later system, running LVM, Linux
> _realy_ won't know what to do with it..
> 
> --
> Eric Schnoebelen		eric@cirr.com		http://www.cirr.com
> 	Have you ever noticed that the people who are always trying 
> 	to tell you, "There's a time for work and a time for play," 
> 			never find the time for play.
>