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From: Kumsup Lee <klee@ima.umn.edu>
To: soeren.laursen@scrooge.dk
Cc: linux-mips@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: Password recovery on IRIX box
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 09:57:06 -0500 (CDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200110081457.JAA17609@pc1.ima.umn.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3BC1D353.1525.17E2AC7@localhost> from "Soeren Laursen" at Oct 08, 2001 04:24:51 PM

You still need a root password to get in single user mode.  Best way to go
around is this.  

	* Mount your root Hard Disk to other SGI or XFS capable linux machine.

> 
> As I remember you have to boot it in single mode.
> 
> Soeren
> 
>  
> > I have an origin 200 I have been wanting to run linux on, its been sitting
> > up for a while. Before I wipe out and install linux, I need to get in
> > there to get some stuff of the drives.  But I do not know the root
> > password.  Can anyone direct me to password recovery procedures for IRIX?
> > 
> > Brian
> > 
> > 
> > -----------------------------------------------
> > Brian Feeny, CCIE #8036	   e: signal@shreve.net
> > Network Engineer	   p: 318.222.2638x109
> > ShreveNet Inc.		   f: 318.221.6612
> > 
> 
> 
> 


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-10-08 14:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-10-08 14:09 Password recovery on IRIX box Brian
2001-10-08 14:09 ` Brian
2001-10-08 14:24 ` Soeren Laursen
2001-10-08 14:24   ` Soeren Laursen
2001-10-08 14:57   ` Kumsup Lee [this message]
2001-10-08 17:01   ` Brian
2001-10-08 17:01     ` Brian
2001-10-08 14:48 ` Tim Moss
2001-10-08 15:01 ` J. Scott Kasten
2001-10-08 15:01   ` J. Scott Kasten
2001-10-08 15:10   ` Guido Guenther
2001-10-08 17:06   ` Brian
2001-10-08 17:06     ` Brian
2001-10-08 18:27 ` Volker Jahns
2001-10-10 11:41   ` Ralf Baechle
2001-10-10 11:54     ` Guido Guenther

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