@chipperEs,
You have left off the century. Is that a typo in your post, or is that how you enter the date?
You can use 'exit' in place of 'init 6', and the...
You can do an inplace upgrade from 5.0.2 to 5.0.6 using your existing license. I have the media available for download. Trying this should eliminate any hardware/firmware issues.
I think your system supplier made their application code y2k compliant.
Either way, I don't see any solution to your problem that does not involve upgrading the OS version.
The 'optional services' cd is on the same site as the OS cd.
5.0.6 shipped with visionfs rather than Samba.
If you use Samba, you can get the most recent copy from sco.com
Check here SCO Knowledge Center (http://wdb1.sco.com/kb/tasearch.results)
Enter 'rs506a' in the search field, 'Open Server 5' in the product field and 'release 5.0.6' in the sub-product field....