No bootdisks for Solaris 2.6 (SunOS 5.6)

[Goten]

I've got a Sun SPARCstation Voyager sitting here, and I have no idea
what the root password is. I have tried using various Slackware
FAT-formatted disks, I've tried booting from Slackware and Red Hat
CDs, and I can't get at the drive from this computer because of the
unique-to-Sun 50pin micro IDC connector.

I'm downloading Solaris 9 for i386 at the mo, but I don't know whether
or not it includes bootdisks (UFS formatted) or UFS formatting tools.
If it does, then I won't have any problems... If it doesn't, is there
any way to get a UFS-formatted boot/root disk image? (all I need to do
is edit the bloomin /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow and I'll be fine!!)

[Dave Hinz]

On 6 Jul 2004 12:36:22 -0700, Goten <goten@squad-wars.com> wrote:

> I've got a Sun SPARCstation Voyager sitting here, and I have no idea
> what the root password is.
>
> I'm downloading Solaris 9 for i386 at the mo, but I don't know whether
> or not it includes bootdisks (UFS formatted) or UFS formatting tools.

You do know that the voyager has a Sparc processor rather than an
x86, right?

> If it does, then I won't have any problems... If it doesn't, is there
> any way to get a UFS-formatted boot/root disk image? (all I need to do
> is edit the bloomin /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow and I'll be fine!!)

Boot from, say, a Solaris 5.3 CD into single user mode, mount the
/ partition, edit the passwd file, and you're good to go. I think the
problem is that you're assuming x86 here, which would be why none of it
is working.

Dave Hinz

[Casper H.S. Dik]

Dave Hinz <DaveHinz@spamcop.net> writes:

>> I'm downloading Solaris 9 for i386 at the mo, but I don't know whether
>> or not it includes bootdisks (UFS formatted) or UFS formatting tools.

>You do know that the voyager has a Sparc processor rather than an
>x86, right?

Of note: the last Solaris release which supported the Voyager
is Solaris 7 (SPARC!)

Casper
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[Dave Hinz]

On 09 Jul 2004 17:55:49 GMT, Casper H.S Dik <Casper.Dik@Sun.COM> wrote:

> Dave Hinz <DaveHinz@spamcop.net> writes:
>

>>> I'm downloading Solaris 9 for i386 at the mo, but I don't know whether
>>> or not it includes bootdisks (UFS formatted) or UFS formatting tools.

>

>>You do know that the voyager has a Sparc processor rather than an
>>x86, right?

>
> Of note: the last Solaris release which supported the Voyager
> is Solaris 7 (SPARC!)

There is a patch (which I have) to use for later versions of Solaris.

[Casper H.S. Dik]

Dave Hinz <DaveHinz@spamcop.net> writes:

>On 09 Jul 2004 17:55:49 GMT, Casper H.S Dik <Casper.Dik@Sun.COM> wrote:

>> Dave Hinz <DaveHinz@spamcop.net> writes:
>>

>>>> I'm downloading Solaris 9 for i386 at the mo, but I don't know whether
>>>> or not it includes bootdisks (UFS formatted) or UFS formatting tools.

>>

>>>You do know that the voyager has a Sparc processor rather than an
>>>x86, right?

>>
>> Of note: the last Solaris release which supported the Voyager
>> is Solaris 7 (SPARC!)

>There is a patch (which I have) to use for later versions of Solaris.

Upto Solaris 9? (Won't work for Solaris 10 for obvious reasons)

Casper
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Expressed in this posting are my opinions. They are in no way related
to opinions held by my employer, Sun Microsystems.
Statements on Sun products included here are not gospel and may
be fiction rather than truth.

[Dave Hinz]

On 09 Jul 2004 19:05:52 GMT, Casper H.S Dik <Casper.Dik@Sun.COM> wrote:

> Dave Hinz <DaveHinz@spamcop.net> writes:
>

>>There is a patch (which I have) to use for later versions of Solaris.

>
> Upto Solaris 9? (Won't work for Solaris 10 for obvious reasons)

Not sure about 9, would you like it? If so, let's take this to email.

Dave