From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 8 23:28:54 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D235D766 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2014 23:28:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from IMAIL5.netenterprise.net (imail5.netenterprise.net [64.29.90.135]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 926FA2BD7 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2014 23:28:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ponolei.intra.net [72.235.61.32] by IMAIL5.netenterprise.net with ESMTP (SMTPD-12.3.0.100) id f5d10004f796fc4d; Fri, 8 Aug 2014 13:28:46 -1000 Message-ID: <53E55D2F.9040409@hdk5.net> Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 13:28:47 -1000 From: al plant User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071128 FreeBSD/i386 SeaMonkey/1.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?re=3A_Information_needed_for_Dolch_386_?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?portable_computer_1985=B4s_with_?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 23:28:54 -0000 Kriszta Riho wrote: > Hi There, > > I inherited a vintage Dolch 386 portable computer 1985īs which has > freeBSD > i386 on it and I would like to reset the computer for to use it. I do not > want recover the information or data which is on it, only reset it, > but now > it asks me password and login and I do not have this information. > Could you please, let me know who could help me or which programme I need > to reset the portable computer? > > Thank you. > > Waiting for your earliest reply. > > Regards, > Krisztina Riho > Spain > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" To change root passwd Type in : mount -u ( /this will mount root) mount -a (this will mount all the files) passwd root (enter a new root here) exit (to save) Then you can remove files or whatever you dont want and add your own. Al ~ Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 ~ Supporting FreeBSD - UNIX Computer O/S email: noc@hdk5.net ."All that's really worth doing is what we do for others" - Lewis Carrol