SUNOS 5.4 Root Password

From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com>
Date: Tue Mar 28 01:30:30 2000

To boot a sun machine from the CDROM using the "old style" (gives you the >
prompt) it is :

>b sd(0,6,2)

If it gives you the "ok" prompt (aka Open Boot Prom) you should be able to
type:

ok boot cdrom

The syntax in the first case is:
        dev(logical unit, scsi target, partition)

I don't know why sd(0,18,0) works unless it just does it mod 8 and and
boots target 2. There was a bit of weirdness in that "scsi device 0" was
actually target 3.

To boot from tape by the way you type:
>b st(0,0,0)foo

If you're booting SunOS (prior to Solaris 2.x) then the full command is
>b sd(0,0,0)vmunix [options]
for Solaris
>b sd(0,0,0)kernel/unix [options]

Usually it gets it right if you leave the file name blank.

--Chuck
Received on Tue Mar 28 2000 - 01:30:30 BST