[ale] sparc20 questions

[Sue Bauer-Lee]

On Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 05:16:45PM -0500, David S. Jackson wrote:
> I have a friend who acquired a sparcstation 20.  when it boots
> up, it tries to do some rpc mounts and some other stuff from its
> previous network connection.  But none of that is connected
> anylonger.  Is there any way to interrupt its boot process and
> make it go into single user mode?  Of course, I don't have a root
> password, but is it possible to make a new one without having
> known the previous one?

Only if a) the system is running SunOS 4.1.x (Solaris 1), or
	b) you have an operating system CD and a CD-ROM drive

To boot into single user mode, type  'L1-A'. At the 'ok' prompt,
type 'boot -s'

> 
> Wish I knew more about sparcstations and solaris (which I'm
> pretty sure this is--or maybe it's Sun OS?).
> 

SunOS = Solaris
Both will be reported by different utilities.

> TIA.
> 
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