From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 9 00:40:02 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 BFFD9F38 for ; Sat, 9 Aug 2014 00:40:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from alogt.com (alogt.com [69.36.191.58]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 996CE22D5 for ; Sat, 9 Aug 2014 00:40:02 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alogt.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date; bh=F8rn4oGX5D+nLkq3kEwEtX4t0kzWWY6uV4IJYcPT5dY=; b=SJerKSO9vNv8tQ9a6cbD2Ic6bdu+eyk7HNYqWGBz/QPEYdDb1xAdJjFUCFPs1mquMOPi7zBzqUCyEI4esztPpYIn4Tlv8oJD01VcpCE1fdz6wMkp/yaTKvLZ0/UgQeaCp3Mulcy2wSdN2hz2qnqQsulRfmF/26VPb11MmTZEWUw=; Received: from [114.124.5.49] (port=61011 helo=X220.alogt.com) by sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net with esmtpsa (SSLv3:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1XFuhP-0007ZL-I3; Fri, 08 Aug 2014 18:39:56 -0600 Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2014 08:39:50 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky To: Kriszta Riho Subject: Re: Information needed for Dolch 386 portable computer =?ISO-8859-1?Q?1985=B4s?= with freeBSD i386 Message-ID: <20140809083950.43f629a8@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.10.1 (GTK+ 2.24.22; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - alogt.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: authenticated_id: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org 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: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 00:40:02 -0000 Hi, On Fri, 8 Aug 2014 19:30:54 +0200 Kriszta Riho wrote: > Hi There, >=20 > I inherited a vintage Dolch 386 portable computer 1985=C2=B4s 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? >=20 you should be able to boot into single user mode and then change whatever you want. As it has a 80386 CPU, you will have to stick with an older FreeBSD version. The 32 bit version indicates to run on a i386 but it actually needs a 80486 CPU. Erich