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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!iag.net!tous2.oau.org!bilver!bill From: bill@bilver.oau.org (Bill Vermillion) Subject: Re: Root Password Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Orlando / Winter Park, FL Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 15:27:31 GMT Message-ID: <1997May12.152731.28544@bilver.oau.org> References: <33620df6.598988@news.sol.co.uk> <5kj484$av6$1@bofh.noc.best.net> <336F071A.5798@saaconsultants.com> <5l4vh8$16j@uriah.heep.sax.de> Lines: 26 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:40758 In article <5l4vh8$16j@uriah.heep.sax.de>, J Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> wrote: >Dave Roberts <dave.roberts@saaconsultants.com> wrote: > >> > What the heck operating system is this for, anyway? >> >> It's AIX. The lovely ability to boot from a tape. >This ability however is not specific to AIX. All workstations i know >of could be booted from tape. It's only a PC braindamage that the >SCSI BIOS doesn't support this (and it also had to go great lengths to >boot from a CD-ROM). Or from CD - >>UNTIL<< the manufacturer changes the distribution media and the old ROMS try to access non-existant directories on the new media disks :-(. But what can you expect from a system that only listed for $17,995? Just some computer from Californio that ships painted blue/purple. -- Bill Vermillion - bill.vermillion@oau.org | bill@bilver.com