05-01-2007
where is root floppy image for openserver 5.0.5?
Hi.
I dont have the root password to a really old openserver 5.0.5 machine, where i need to recover some root-owned file. I searched google for methods to recover the root password, and these methods involve having the 'boot' and 'root' floppy images available.
I checked ftp.caldera.com for these two floppy images. The believe i got the boot file correctly:
oss604a.boot - for openserver 5.0.5
But i can't figure out which one is the root floppy image.
ftp site is
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/openserver5
Any form of help / advice is highly appreciated.
Thank you,
Marc
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grub2-bios-setup
GRUB-BIOS-SETUP(3) Library Functions Manual GRUB-BIOS-SETUP(3)
NAME
grub-bios-setup -- Set up images to boot from a device.
SYNOPSIS
grub-bios-setup [-a | --allow-floppy] [-b | --boot-image=FILE]
[-c | --core-image=FILE] [-d | --directory=DIR]
[-f | --force] [-m | --device-map=FILE]
[-s | --skip-fs-probe] [-v | --verbose] DEVICE
DESCRIPTION
You should not normally run this program directly. Use grub-install instead.
OPTIONS
--allow-floppy
Make the device also bootable as a floppy. This option is the default for /dev/fdX devices. Some BIOSes will not boot images cre-
ated with this option.
--boot-image=FILE
Use FILE as the boot image. The default value is boot.img.
--core-image=FILE
Use FILE as ther core image. The default value is core.img.
--directory=DIR
Use GRUB files in the directory DIR. The default value is /boot/grub.
--force
Install even if problems are detected.
--device-map=FILE
Use FILE as the device map. The default value is /boot/grub/device.map .
--skip-fs-probe
Do not probe DEVICE for filesystems.
--verbose
Print verbose messages.
SEE ALSO
info grub
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