stewart allen wrote:

> 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.

That's good! At least You're in the system...

> 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

Understandable...

Ok, to change the root password enter "passwd". Then You'll be asked for a
new password. You also can just slap <enter> to have none password (not a
problem if the machine is not connected to the internet or a big company
LAN). If You've done that enter "reboot" to have the system restarted. It
comes up with the graphical login prompt where You now should be able to
login as "root".

As to the commands, have a loo at http://www.docs.hp.com where You can find
the manuals for HP-UX. For most administrative tasks You only have to
remember the command "sam" (System Administration Manager) which is a
menu-driven tool to do most common administration tasks. It works both under
the graphical environment (CDE) and also on the text-mode command line.

> I do have the CDs for it. I believe it is version 10 point something,

Well, HP-UX 10.20 is obsolete for some time now. It's 32bit only (HP-UX 11.x
is 64bit, and Your C180 is a 64bit system), there is no support (i.e.
patches etc) for it, and it also has some glitches that can drive You crazy.
I'd really recommend to get a HP-UX 11i CD Kit for Your system...

> 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

Well, any standard SCSI drive should work.

>> 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

Good idea. However, even for learning I really recommend to get HP-UX 11i
(or at least 11.0) instead. With that You also can use the software
downloadable from http://www.software.hp.com or http://hp.ux.asknet.de

Benjamin