[SunRescue] Rescueing a SGI Indigo

[MikeNicewongertwmaster at twmaster.com]

Go to www.deja.com/usenet do a search you will find a ton of answers from
the comp.sys.sgi.hardware group. More importantly, while there, find the
FAQ, it is your friend.

Mike N
----- Original Message -----
From: <dago at fpms.ac.be>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Cc: <dago at fpms.ac.be>
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 11:13 AM
Subject: [SunRescue] Rescueing a SGI Indigo


> Hello,
>
> It is slightly off topic but as I can't find any sgihelp.org site or
equivalent,
> I sent this email on sun-rescue in the case someone already rescued SGI
workstation.
>
> <little story>
> The computer center of my university give me an SGI Indigo workstation.
> The reason was that another department gives it to them a long time ago
because it didn't work.
> They do (almost) nothing and it takes dust for more than a year.
> Then, I ask for it and they agree because at the beginning of next year,
it
> will go to trash anyway.
> </little story>
>
> Then I took it, boot it and after a boot up sequence of 45 minutes (due to
long fsck's),
> the login screen shows up perfectly ...
> (seems wonderfull, no ?)
>
> But (eh eh!), I got no passwords !
> not the root one, not the nvram one, not a single user one ...
>
> So, what can I do ?
>
> Info :
> It's a nice blue box with SGI Indigo on it and alos a little IRIS.
> It is running IRIX 5.2
>
> BTW, if anyone knows how to upgrade it / have manuals or software for IRIX
...
> or also have an sgi for his personnal use ...
>
> TIA
>
>
> thomas
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