At 01:35 PM 10/20/2000 -0400, Rich Payne wrote:
no i do not have the CD's. I don't remember if it has the keys
either.....can't i boot it with a openBSD floppy and mount the FS then edit
the passwd file my self?
~kurth
>Do you have any AIX CDs? and do you know which model this is? There's two
>different series, those based on the Power architecture, and those based
>on PowerPC. The earlier is usually refered to as the 'Classic' series.
>
>If you have an AIX CD you can change the boot order to boot from CD, mount
>the root fs and edit the passwd file. On the Classic series there's
>usually a key that you change from Run to Service mode, the PowerPC models
>have a firmware (actually like OpenBOOT) and you use either F1 or F5 to
>involke it (F1 is graphics and F5 is text I think).
>
>If it's a Classic box then you can also boot from SCSI tape if there's no
>CD. PowerPC boxes didn't support this (though newer models might).
>
>Hope this helps.....if you need more help let me know. I used to be an AIX
>admin and somewhere I have all my IBM AIX system books.
>
>--rdp
>
>On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Kurth Bemis wrote:
>
> > At 12:11 PM 10/20/2000 -0400, Dave Cherkus wrote:
> >
> > on a similar note i am getting a rs/6000 with 4 work stations. one
> > problem...the console (root?) passwd is unknown...any ideas? i'm not very
> > fimilar with AIX...maybe somebody is.
> >
> > ~kurth
> >
> > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > >|>
> > >|> We run LOTS of standard AT, ATX and EBX motherbaords headless. I would
> > >|> estimate that 95%+ have BIOS options that allow the computer to boot
> > >|> without a keyboard. I have not seen one that didn't work in ~4 years.
> > >|> You will find one of the three in your BIOS:
> > >|>
> > >|> Halt ON: (most common)
> > >|> Quickboot:
> > >|> Search for keybaord on boot: (I haven't seen this in a couple years)
> > >|>
> > >|> Also, different motherboards have different meanings associated with
> > >|> Quickboot. Some affect the 'keyboard search on boot' and some don't.
> > >|>
> > >|> Just an FYI
> > >|>
> > >
> > >Some recent e-mail I saw said you had to set a power-on password,
> > >then once it was set, you could select Network Server mode in the
> > >BIOS screens. This mode bypasses the keyboard check.
> > >
> > >Dave
> > >
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