Re: [cobalt-users] Lost root password combined with disk errors on a RAQ3, please help me out..

["The Thieving Gypsy" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > I just received an old RAQ3 that wasn't in use,
> > the problem is that I don't have the root password,
> > and the disk have errors.
> >
> > I never pass the booting stage on the lcd menu, so
> > I can't reset the password with a paperclip...
> >
> > Is there any way else to reset the password, or have I done it
> > incorrectly?
> >
> > Without the password I can't go into maintenance mode
> > when I connect with a null modem cable to the serial port.
> >
> > Does anyone have any suggestion of what I can do?

> I've seen mention on the list of removing the hard drive and putting it in
> another machine for troubleshooting. Then you'll also probably need the OS
> restore CD.


Probably the best thing to do is create a rescue disk, using something like
tomsrtbt  (from http://www.toms.net/rb/ ), pull the disk out of the Cobalt
and stick it into a disk-less server.  You can then boot it from the rescue
disk.  Your Cobalt partitions should be listed as hda1, hda2 (the swap),
hda3, and hda4 - fcsk away merrily and you should be sorted.  Then you can
put the disk back in the Cobalt, and reach for the paperclip :-)

This isn't guaranteed to work, but will work most of the times that the LCD
sticks on "Booting....".  But you may still need that restore CD.