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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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BOFH excuse #82: Yeah, yo mama dresses you funny and you need a mouse to delete files.
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