Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 04:22:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mike Burger <mburger@bubbanfriends.org>
To: Zach Lowry <zach@zachlowry.net>
Cc: linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: Slight problem with XFS/Linux and Indy Drive
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Does the Irix box give you the option to boot into a single user mode, 
whereby you can change the root password?

Or, failing that, can you get in touch with the seller, and ask them for 
the root password?

On Sat, 22 Jun 2002, Zach Lowry wrote:

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> 	Hello all!
> 
> 	I've gotten my hands here recently on an R5k Indy, with IRIX 6.5 and
> a 2 gb HD. Unfortunately, the seller didn't leave me with a root
> password (Yuck). So, I figured my first course of action would be to
> mount the drive up in My Linux/XFS box and change the /etc/passwd
> file. 
> 
> 	But, after checking out the archives, it seems that I'm falling
> victim to the page size restriction. Now, here are my questions:
> 
> 	1. What is the status of the 2.5.16 patch? Has it overcome this
> problem yet? (I'm already building the 2.5.16 kernel, so I'll
> peobably find out, unless there is some fiddling to be done)
> 
> 	2. Is there any way to check what the block size of the disk is from
> Linux? If not, could I tell from the console in Irix? I ask because
> I've got some sparcs and alphas, and if there's a pretty good chance
> it might be 8k, I'll build them a new kernel. 
> 
> 	Thanks a lot! 
> 
> 	And by the way, I run XFS on several of my systems, and I gotta say,
> keep up the good work!
> 
> 	Zach
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