stewart allen (stewaetallen@comcast.net) wrote:
: Thanks for your response:

: > Well, You can boot in single user mode by interrupting the boot process
: (see
: > the message like "Booting in xxx seconds. Press any key to interrupt".
: After
: > that You're in the PROM (Firmware, somewhat similar to a PC's BIOS). Type
: > "boot". You'll be asked "interact with IPL (Y/N)?", answer "YES". The
: > machine boots into the first boot stage, and You'll end up in the IPL
: > (Initial Program Loader) command line. Enter "hpux -is", and the machine
: > should boot in single user mode...

: I did all that and it worked exactly as you said...but what's the problem?
: now i am at the point where it says "warning you are superuser" and a prompt
: "#" to enter a command. I aparently gave the impression that I know
: something about HP-UX when in fact I know zilk about it. Is there some
: website that may have a list of general commands that i can find useful. I
: was hoping to edit the /etc/password file to remove the password as another
: suggested. I just want to get back into the graphical mode where i will have
: some measure of comfort

the command to change the password is passwd, use /sbin/passwd to run the
command. The file format for /etc/passwd is found by doing "man 4 passwd",
of course without the ". A word of caution. If the system was configured
with LVM the filesystems for commands and shared libraries is not mounted
at the superuser prompt in single user mode. Do a /etc/bcheckrc and then
a mountall. Once you fix the password do an init 4 to get back to the
graphical mode.


: > My other recommendation would be to get one of the HP-UX CD Sets that are
: > often listed on ebay, preferrably HP-UX 11i. Makes it easier to reinstall,
: > and You can be sure to have an installation that isn't messed up
: somehow...

: I do have the CDs for it. I believe it is version 10 point something, but
: the unit does not have a CD-ROM drive so i am not ready to explore that
: option yet, since i have to search for a compatible drive

: > Or You can install Linux, but then I see no reason to waste such a nice
: > workstation with an OS that runs best on x86 and doesn't support most
: > hardware for these machines.

: I agree with that. It would be a waste since i have several x86 machine
: available to run Linux. I definately want to keep HP-UX since it gives me an
: opportunity to learn

There a several books out there for HP-UX. Once your system is up and you
can run commands, try uname -a and you will see what version OS you have.
By the way, 10.something is obsolete now. If you can find some 11.x media
you might consider upgrading.


--
Jim Hollenback
jholly@cup.hp.com
my opinion.