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Date:      Sat, 9 Aug 2014 09:51:34 +0200
From:      Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>
To:        Kent Kuriyama <kent.kuriyama@gmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Information needed for =?utf-8?Q?Dolch?= =?utf-8?Q?_386_portable_computer_1985=C2=B4s?= with
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On Fri, Aug 08, 2014 at 03:28:17PM -1000, Kent Kuriyama wrote:
> Krisztina,
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> 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:

That machine probably doesn't have a CD-ROM drive. As far as I could tell It
has a 5.25" floppy as standard equipment, and a 3.5" floppy as an option.

We're talking seriously ancient hardware here.


Roland
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