The collected works of uunix - Page 7

type 'single' at that screen. (without the quotation)

What do you get?

Then you have (as already mentioned) only three options.

Boot via install media (Network or CD)
Put drive into another unit.
Guess the password.

Booting with 6.4 should allow you to mount the disk and remove the password.
Do you need instructions for this?

Another one I'd love to pick up.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Assorted-vintage-UNIX-workstations-and-servers-/301686659821?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item463ded1aed

ivelegacy wrote: Which one ?

The auction itself.. all of them

So what was the outcome? Are you in?

The user password file should be located on the root drive /etc/passwd & [/etc/shadow??]

You only need worry about the root password at first, since once logged in you can change all others.

The fact that you can see no user accounts with the top drive removed, may because the user login accounts profile/area is stored in the top drive?

Is vi available at that point?

Hooray

depends.. £10 to £2k

Sorry I thought you meant what they went for now.

and pm it to me for safe keeping

jpstewart wrote: Octane2, V12, 2x400MHz, 512MB RAM, 18GB 10K HDD, 21" monitor, DMedia options for $71,445 MSRP.

512MB.. !!

foetz wrote:

calvin wrote: IRIX is a terrible server

how so?

Indeed.. how so?

But are we not being a bit two faced on the fact, we like to use this retro equipment for what it was at the time and lets face it, yes in this day and age there are possibly better, faster ways on other hardware, but we like SGI (some of it) and that's why we make the best of what it is.

So comparing SGI server abilities to modern solutions is rather unfair on SGI.

And at the time, I bet we could produce a million people who companied about IRIX, AIX, HPUX etc, but I bet we could find the same number to complain about modern day servers also.

Helloooooooo..

Anyone had two displays attached to their IBM Power 5 with a GXT135P Graphics adapter? (working.. not just attached)

It does have two outputs,, but would like some knowledge that it will work before I move the beast into position.

AIX 7 BTW.

TA!!

Well,,, it does output on two monitors..

Mirrored!

I need to get it to extend.

Ideas anyone? It's CDE.

I've got 3 dead octane power supplies, maybe he do our nekochan collective (at a massive discount).

If you are coming to England Ivelagacy, forget dish washing, with your English you could get a job in any call center.

Heck, I'd even employ you, just so we looked like a normal company.

Looks nice

Is that your place of work (pic above). No wonder you're worried about using her CPU cycles. Actually I wouldn't mind using her cycles

Yole, my memory is fading somewhat.

I'm right now, putting together an old 586 PC.

The specs so far..
2GB Disk drive IDE
Zip Drive IDE
Floppy
CD Rom IDE
Colorado 5GB HP Drive (hopefully).
Memory 128MB (I think this is enough?)
Video S2 something
Also has an ISA network card.

Hopefully I will have a £3 Sound blaster (if I win today).

So first off, I'm currently using it for Word Rescue on PC Dos (my son). and obviously there is the 640kb restriction + What extended it allows me.

I may fancy popping OS/2 4 on it, if I can find he disks.

The specs seem fine? I can't recall what was good in those days, OS/2 4 recommends about 16MB of RAM

Question, The Colorado drive is IDE, but the BIOS is complaining it's not ATAPI compatible. Would this actually register in the BIOS? I pop a tape a tape in and it makes hard assed super noises, but not sure how I'm going to get this recognized. The Master/Slave settings are correct.

AND IT HAS A WINDOWS 'ME' BADGE ON THE FRONT!!!!

'Wedding' is the cash flow word..

A broken arm at a wedding would probably break the 60 trillion mark!

Don't even get me started if the Wedding was on a bank holiday and you had a broken arm! OMG.. and then there's the school holiday period!

I think Kevin Bacon pressed the wrong button

He clicked the windows exit X.. there's 6 to pick from. Easy mistake.

That is one awesome dashboard though.

hamei wrote: Oh wait, you have to get past the BIOS first . Oh-oh, chicken-egg BIOS update ?

Well, I've fsck'ed up a bit.
BIOS update has caused a FDC error, and I can't revert back as I can't boot from floppy. No USB port to attach a USB floppy.
I'll have to get a USB card from work and hope I can select it from the boot up menu.

Seems it has on-board USB

When something goes wrong, it's always something that causes the most head aches.

Plus it still hasn't picked up the Colorado drive.
Not bothering with that, I've fitted a DAT4 SCSI drive.
I could boot from the Zip drive, but I can't produce a bootable zip disk (format /s isn't available).

MrWeedster wrote: So i have to die.

Can we ask why?

Getting a bit carried away with myself here.. must remain focused on original plan.. running word rescue for my son & EF2000 for myself..

OS/2 - Lotus notes server etc is project 2.

So, Video card is S3 ViRGE/VX - Crystal VR4000

SVideo & TV out.

The USB part of things, well the BIOS allows me to enable On-Board USB, but the only thing I can see (and it's not labelled) are these pins:

I've tried a few combinations but see no life yet. I have a cable that goes pin outs to 4 USB ports.

The Sound Blaster I have won of ebay for £3 is a SB0220 5.1

I may though have fscked up as the minimum spec is stated as

I'm guessing it will work in all honesty.

The CPU is a Cyrix M II 300.

So apart from the tape back up, which the Colorado failed to register so I changed to a SCSI Dat, that has the wrong cable pin type and the only correct DAT drives I have are the wrong colour.

The biggest pain, is re-flashing the BIOS, I just can't get it to boot from the CD image I made and I've got 9 DVD/CD-roms to try (two have already physically broke).

I love the sound of a floppy seeking, it's all great fun. I picked some nice matching IDE cables today also.


What the heck is up with my posts formatting?

sgifanatic wrote: I think you're going to have a lot of fun with this box. I've really enjoyed my Gateway 486.

I found this interesting looking CD ROM

eComStation server £1,400 .. jeeze..
http://www.ecomstation.co.uk/html/prices.html

spiroyster wrote:

uunix wrote: I found this interesting looking CD ROM

I always thought it was some homage to a Friesian cow... Is a Friesian cow classified as Piebald? or is it just horses?

I can post you CD if you are a Gateway fanatic.

ivelegacy wrote: @uunix
do you have a C compiler for your OS/2 station ?

I may have visual age in either my loft or the dreaded ex's

I'll have a mooch later.

Finally managed to get the old BIOS back in.. what a complicated menagerie of angulated tangents!

So back on course for the arrival tomorrow of my Sound Blaster!!

Brilliant lol..

Any how.. turns out my Sound blaster is not DOS compatible!! or it doesn't work..

Hey Ho £3.00.. lets hope the monitor for my Power5 is more successful.

ouch!

zagnut wrote: PS - I have an old soundblaster card, with firewire, that I'd donate to this cause....if it would be helpful.

Kind offer thanks, but I suspect with Firewire it may be not be DOS compatible?

Welcome Henry. where in the world are you?

chicaneuk wrote: Wouldn't mind scoring IRIX 6.2 for my Indy but alas I only have a 6.5 media set so it has to just manage with that... bit slow, but just about usable

Thought I could help you out here, but can't find it, so I presume it must be at the ex's.

Not related really, but thought it about time I refreshed my original CD library (had them now for as long as I can remember), so just picked up 6.5.12 for a crisp £10. Still factory sealed!