[ILUG] Sparc rescue

[John Madden]

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On (02/03/05 17:58), Niall O Broin didst pronounce:
> >Don't know about linux, but what about NetBSD sparc? They have 
> >netbootable images on their site, and NetBSD should support reading 
> >Solaris UFS filesystems (be sure to mount read-only..).
> 
> Mounting R/O will make editing the password file a tad tricky, no? But 
> as the Yank mentioned, the easiest option may be boot -s UNLESS the box 
> is configured to ask for the password then anyway.
> 
Problem is it's failing a fsck on boot (on /var) and can't continue
until a manual fsck is performed on the drive, which requires the root
pass!! So, boot -s etc. won't work in this case, because it'll still
fail the fsck and still ask for the password.

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Chat ya later,

John.
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