Brendan
Experienced Member
I've recently fired up an old IBM RS/6000 (7011-26) Model 250 - one of the very first PowerPC 601-based machines, IIRC. I've discovered that AIX 4.x is installed, but not knowing root password, I can't login.
In the hopes that single-user mode would not be password protected, I flipped the key switch to service mode and rebooted. I was prompted for root login, also requiring a password.
Everywhere I've searched states that I have to have install media (tape or CD) in order to boot and get in to hack the password file.
Does anyone know any way around this? If not, I'll just have to keep searching for install media. (I've seen some go on eBay awhile back...)
Speaking of install media, since this is a MicroChannel (MCA) machine, I believe, I understand Linux is still not a viable option. If someone knows otherwise, please let me know.
In the hopes that single-user mode would not be password protected, I flipped the key switch to service mode and rebooted. I was prompted for root login, also requiring a password.
Everywhere I've searched states that I have to have install media (tape or CD) in order to boot and get in to hack the password file.
Does anyone know any way around this? If not, I'll just have to keep searching for install media. (I've seen some go on eBay awhile back...)
Speaking of install media, since this is a MicroChannel (MCA) machine, I believe, I understand Linux is still not a viable option. If someone knows otherwise, please let me know.