Very Computer

I've got an old ibm 220 rs6k box that I'm trying to get to boot.  I've
got an old ascii terminal hooked up to the serial port.  When I key it
to service mode, it does display stuff on the console and gets to a
point where it asks if I want to boot to single user mode.  If I say
yes, it wants a password.  Is there a way to get past this?

I've been doing google searches for information about the 220 but am not
finding much.  This is a very very old machine, I think.  If anyone
knows of some good internet references I could get to, that would also
be much appreciated.
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pete

"It is unwise to insult a doughnut be refusing to eat it."

you have to boot from AIX installation media, cd-rom usually.
There is a single user mode too, mounting the rootvg.
Then you can change root's password, and reboot normally.

Thomas

Quote:> Hi Folks -
> Let me preface this by noting that I'm a definite newbie to this, so
> here goes:

> I've got an old ibm 220 rs6k box that I'm trying to get to boot.  I've
> got an old ascii terminal hooked up to the serial port.  When I key it
> to service mode, it does display stuff on the console and gets to a
> point where it asks if I want to boot to single user mode.  If I say
> yes, it wants a password.  Is there a way to get past this?

> I've been doing google searches for information about the 220 but am not
> finding much.  This is a very very old machine, I think.  If anyone
> knows of some good internet references I could get to, that would also
> be much appreciated.
> --
> --
> pete

> "It is unwise to insult a doughnut be refusing to eat it."