From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 3 10:05:47 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF06E106566B for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2012 10:05:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xavierfreebsdquestions@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-f54.google.com (mail-yw0-f54.google.com [209.85.213.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 877E48FC0C for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2012 10:05:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yhgm50 with SMTP id m50so1911076yhg.13 for ; Tue, 03 Apr 2012 03:05:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=wSllXYy/O1KHqxnWBfGKMkkwuVCIPdTINExRqREiaKU=; b=b2OtvTPj7dBNIE5W2FQegLCKHC8SZTJxWRPEwVEQo5kxlM6An7wni8QRS8jev+POEA LnIq2IxVcl2DNESUuHAyr10eY7OxLuSIJIXDk6ryq9V8ykXOrNzV4IrBb9epormBDAF9 ff/E9q+cL+l6V4KaTUFvbcXUyGjsgSJKx+EBNIV9eD3IpDTc8N+Tv5xrLzQDTJEwYNRt TLOC2PV3IQ8SxM4SHr0wXeCfmQp6jvVOgJLZWR7hz1ijIZyM5cUFLvmg0FBBxVp1+UWU YxVCxQMIchreCS1A2WObbyQOOnRkkYU92F/OMPi5MucnNjmlMfVBOYv+7piBg65Hpr4m xo/w== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.245.4 with SMTP id s4mr3156171anh.8.1333447546743; Tue, 03 Apr 2012 03:05:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.147.35.3 with HTTP; Tue, 3 Apr 2012 03:05:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <14.50.19145.CE6CA7F4@smtp01.insight.synacor.com> References: <20120403.044955.25054.0@webmail02.dca.untd.com> <14.50.19145.CE6CA7F4@smtp01.insight.synacor.com> Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 12:05:46 +0200 Message-ID: From: Xavier FreeBSD questions To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: booting a CD-ROM X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:05:47 -0000 On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 05:46:20AM -0400, Thomas Mueller wrote: Hi Thomas, > > I have an old FreeBSD system that I haven't used for a long time and I have forgotten the passwords. This machine has FreeBSD-4.3 and FreeBSD-4.7 > > on it, and also MS' Windows98 . I tried getting onto that system by booting with a CD-ROM which started going and gave me the following messages: > > boot from ATAPI CD-ROM > > CD Loader 1.2 > > Building the boot loader arguments > > Relocating the loader and the BTX > > The system then did not output for a liitle over 5 minutes and then typed: > > Starting the > > and after this I waited for over 5 minutes but the system did not type anything else. Then I tried booting that CD-ROM on another system where it booted > > successfully and the program on it ( FreesBIE version 2) ran and I could communicate with it. I suspect a problem with the boot loader on the first system. > > Where can I get a new boot loader for that system? Since I want to get a modern FreeBSD (version 9.1 or higher), I expect that will include a new > > multi-system loader on it that I can use on the old system if I can load just that. How can I load just the boot loader? Also, what is the structure of the > > password files (is this on the web with a per system-version note so if it has been changed over time, I can find those I need) on those systems, and how > > can I find and clear out the password for root so I can get in and set its password and then the other passwords? > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > You'll have to wait some months for FreeBSD >= 9.1. Current release is 9.0. I'm impatient ... > > I believe FreeBSD has a multisystem boot loader, BootEasy/boot0. You can also look to GRUB: > > http://www.gnu.org/software/grub Another option is Boot-Repair-Disk ( http://sourceforge.net/p/boot-repair-cd/home/Home/ ). This tool is easy and intuitive. See you.