As I remember you have to boot it in single mode. Soeren > I have an origin 200 I have been wanting to run linux on, its been sitting > up for a while. Before I wipe out and install linux, I need to get in > there to get some stuff of the drives. But I do not know the root > password. Can anyone direct me to password recovery procedures for IRIX? > > Brian > > > ----------------------------------------------- > Brian Feeny, CCIE #8036 e: signal@shreve.net > Network Engineer p: 318.222.2638x109 > ShreveNet Inc. f: 318.221.6612 >