[SunRescue] Re: PROM password issues.

[Tim Harrison]

Chris Powell wrote:
 
> This could be incorrect kernel architecture on the disk. I got this
> (or something similar) when I was moving a systems disk from a sun4c
> machine to sun4m.
> 
> Did you use a system disk from another SPARCstation 10?
> 
> Rather than boot from another disk, can you boot from the Solaris
> install CDROM?

It came from another SS10.  The problem seemed to be that I missed
something specifying the actual slice names (as I was taking a disk that
was set on ID 3 and putting it into a machine with the passwd, only
allowing the machine to boot off ID 1).

I wasn't able to boot off the CD-ROM, as it would ask for the passwd. 
However, after swapping NVRAMs with my wife's SS10, installing, and
swapping NVRAMs back, I was able to boot, and use the eeprom command to
wipe out the passwd. 

All is happy now. :)  I've installed all the necessary patches, and
apache goes on tonight. :)

Thanks to all for your thoughts and comments.

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Tim Harrison
Network Engineer
harrison at timharrison.com
http://www.networklevel.com/