Re: Sun Fire V240 ALOM password

[Frank Wille <frank%phoenix.owl.de@localhost>]

Eric Schnoebelen wrote:

> - Is there any other known method to reset the password except
> installing - Solaris (scadm) first? [...]
>
>
> The only way I've found is from Solaris.

That's what I feared. :|


>  However, you don't
> need to actually install Solaris, you can do it from the
> installation DVD, bailing out from the installation at the first
> possible opportunity.

Ok, but I still need a (SCSI?) DVD drive for it. This might be difficult as
none of my machines got one.


> I hope this helps.  Sorry for the lack of detailed instructions,
> it's been a few months since I did it, and I'm not near my
> notes.

As soon as I find out how to connect a DVD drive to my V240 the rest should
be easy. There is sufficient information on the net how to use scadm to
reset the password.


-- 
Frank Wille