Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 15:28:17 -1000 From: Kent Kuriyama <kent.kuriyama@gmail.com> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_Information_needed_for_Dolch_386_portable_comput?= =?UTF-8?Q?er_1985=C2=B4s_with?= Message-ID: <CACArijDdoiNu-nWqr3_QgQ97zC1pMisuA%2BvAgz9jpUY5N43AXw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <53E55D2F.9040409@hdk5.net> References: <53E55D2F.9040409@hdk5.net>
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Krisztina, Al Plant's advice works if you are able to boot into single user mode. When you boot your Dolch you should be given the option to boot either single or multi-user. Booting into single user will give you a shell prompt at which point you are 'root'. Mount the file system as Al advises and you can then reset the root password. If for some reason you can't boot into single user mode then you try booting a version of the FreeBSD CD ROM into 'repair mode' and then mount the Dolch's hard drive to reset the password. Old versions of FreeBSD are available at: http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/ISO-IM= AGES/ You should really question why you need to get into the existing FreeBSD installation of the Dolch. It only makes sense if you want to recover files. Kent On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 1:28 PM, al plant <noc@hdk5.net> wrote: > Kriszta Riho wrote: > >> Hi There, >> >> 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 no= t >> 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 nee= d >> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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