You still need a root password to get in single user mode. Best way to go around is this. * Mount your root Hard Disk to other SGI or XFS capable linux machine. > > 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 > > > > > -- ============================================================================= Kumsup Lee (À̱ݼ·) System/Network Manager Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota 400 Lind Hall, 207 Church Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA Tel : 612-624-4353 FAX : 612-626-7370 PAGE : 952-608-0112 klee@ima.umn.edu www.ima.umn.edu/~klee
