Sparcstation 5

[Mark T. Valites]

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004, David M Rosonowski wrote:

> Well, I've finally managed to procure a keyboard (and in near-mint
> condition, too) for this thing. Now, it's got Solaris installed on that,
> and I'd like to play with that, but I'm without a username or password.

Your best bet is to get a Solaris install cd. I'm guessing you probably
don't have one. If you can wait until I return to work from knee surgery,
I'm sure I could throw an iso up somewhere. Someone else may be able to
help you out in the meantime. (Let us know the OS version - I don't know
if you can boot one install cd to root another version). Assuming you get
an install cd, all you have to do is boot off it in single user mode,
mount the disk, and edit the shadow file. I can post the details, or you
can google for further instructions.

> Failing that, what's my best bet for getting something
> loaded on here?

A fresh install might not be a bad option even if you can reset the root
passwd.

As for other OSs, I'd still stay away from linux with that processor. I
have no idea what the BSDs have in the way of support for it. Other than
that, I'm not sure what common OSs are left.

Since this is your first sparc, you can always hit stop-a as it initially
boots to play around the in the PROM until you get an OS on there.

Good luck,
-Mark

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Mark T. Valites
Unix Systems Analyst
CIT - SUNY Geneseo
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