Subject: firmware password
To: None <port-sparc64@netbsd.org>
From: Thierry Lacoste <th.lacoste@wanadoo.fr>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 04/21/2005 22:41:45
Sorry if it is the wrong list ...
I've got an Ultra1 which belonged to a deceased friend of mine.
It currently runs an old RedHat and I'd like to install NetBSD on it.
I tried 'boot cdrom' at the firmware prompt but it asks me a
password that I'm not (and will never be) able to provide.
Is there a way to reset the password or any other workaround?
I read somewhere that an installation of Solaris 7 or later resets
the password but, again, how can I boot from the installation CD?

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Best regards,
Thierry Lacoste.