IBM PS2 bios password needed
Reinhold Beck
password but I don't remember how to get the bios setup dialog. I have a
copy of the reference disk, but it doesn't boot with it and I can't get a
directory listing.
How can I open the bios setup dialog?
Thanks,
Reinhold
Stephan Goll
the usual way to remove a password is when beeing ask for it, you simply
add a "-" (minus sign) at the end. Passworg gone, problem solved. Or
take a look at
http://www.intergate.bc.ca/personal/fspencer/8580prob.htm.
Greetings,
Stephan
Reinhold Beck schrieb:
Bob Eager
wrote:
> the usual way to remove a password is when beeing ask for it, you simply
> add a "-" (minus sign) at the end. Passworg gone, problem solved. Or
PS/2s have very specific ways of doing this. In the case of the
P70....
Open the case (three screws, two under the rear feet and one under the
hinged cover on the back).
Find a two pin jumper block near the end of the memory sockets (the
end furthest from the edge of the main board). Shirt the two pins
together and power the machine on. When it's finished the power on
tests, remove the short.
Replace the cover.
--
Bob Eager
http://www.tavi.co.uk/ps2pages
http://change.to/ps2
Louis Ohland
Ray_W...@eur.3com.com wrote me and asked
I am using an IBM 9577 computer to test that a number of
3com adapter cards are working correctly. Do you know how to
get into the IBM config setup without having to reboot the
PC each time. I need to get into this setup so as to change
from internal to external transmit on the adapter cards and
back again.
End quote
It seems that he wants to toggle a setup option from the
command line. Assuming that running a DOS system is fine
(Win NT? Yeah, fer sure!) is there a way to keep the system
in a quasi-setup state where you could test the adapter,
then change the option without rebooting?
Yes, I know the system has to query the card. And the system
configures the card based on the POS info on it. But if it
was merely difficult, why would I ask?
Bob Eager
> I am using an IBM 9577 computer to test that a number of
> 3com adapter cards are working correctly. Do you know how to
> get into the IBM config setup without having to reboot the
> PC each time. I need to get into this setup so as to change
> from internal to external transmit on the adapter cards and
> back again.
>
> End quote
> It seems that he wants to toggle a setup option from the
> command line. Assuming that running a DOS system is fine
> (Win NT? Yeah, fer sure!) is there a way to keep the system
> in a quasi-setup state where you could test the adapter,
> then change the option without rebooting?
Pretty trivial. One one would have to do would be:
1) put the slot in setup mode
2) toggle the bit
3) take the card out of setup mode
A DOS program to do this would be easy, given a copy of the ADF to say
which bit needs to be flipped (and of course the slot number)
peter volsted
> Reinhold Beck wrote:
>
> Years ago I have set the bios password on my PS2 P70 386. I still know the
> password but I don't remember how to get the bios setup dialog. I have a
> copy of the reference disk, but it doesn't boot with it and I can't get a
> directory listing.
>
> How can I open the bios setup dialog?
Get a new copy of the reference disk - and don't use M$-dirs etc unless the
disk is writeprotected.
You'll find a lot of stuff on your PS/2 at:
http://www.inwave.com/~ohlandl/index.html
good luck
peter
Louis Ohland
> > Years ago I have set the bios password
http://www.inwave.com/~ohlandl/8573.html#Remove_POP
I hope you mean the Power On Password.
"the usual way to remove a password is when being ask for
it, you simply add a "-" (minus sign) at the end."
IIRC it is "password<space>". Type in the password, then hit
the space bar once, then return.
BUT the admin password should be controlled from system
programs.
ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/refdisks/p70-386r.exe I just
checked, that file is still on IBM's site...
Bob Eager
> > How can I open the bios setup dialog?
>
> Get a new copy of the reference disk - and don't use M$-dirs etc unless the
> disk is writeprotected.
But he needs to fix the password FIRST....
Louis Ohland
> But he needs to fix the password FIRST....
Bob, obviously you are a throwback to the unenlightened
teaching methods. If 2+2=5, that's fine. As long as you want
it to be 5, why that's good enough.
peter volsted
> Bob Eager wrote:
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> But he needs to fix the password FIRST....
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Reinhold Beck wrote: "I still know the password but I don't remember how to
get the bios setup dialog"
Is it necessary to disable the passwordprotection to run the ref.disk?
good luck
peter
Reinhold Beck
Stephan Goll schrieb in Nachricht <39AB95B4...@t-online.net>...
>Hi Reinhold,
>the usual way to remove a password is when beeing ask for it, you simply
>add a "-" (minus sign) at the end. Passworg gone, problem solved. Or
Fine - that '-' really works.
But how do I now set a new password ?
Thanks,
Reinhold
Bob Eager
> Reinhold Beck wrote: "I still know the password but I don't remember how to
> get the bios setup dialog"
> Is it necessary to disable the passwordprotection to run the ref.disk?
Missed that - sorry! Need some sleep.....
Stephan Goll
for a new password you have to start the box from the ref disk. There is
a menu point, that allows you to set the password. Or you can copy all
the files from the refdisk into a subdir on the disk, run "command.com"
in this directory and here you are, much faster than booting from the
floppy.
Greetings,
Stephan
Reinhold Beck schrieb:
>
Reinhold Beck
Thank you, Louis, and all the other, I got the ref disk image file
>ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/refdisks/p70-386r.exe
and copied it to a disk, but it also refused booting from disk. Maybe
because of I replaced PC-DOS by MS-DOS. I created a boot disk using format
a:/s and this disk is bootable.
Any idea how to avoid hard disk backup, re-installing PC-DOS and trying to
boot from the ref disk?
Thanks again,
Reinhold.
peter volsted
Create your ref-disk by running p70-386r.exe from Dos/MDos/OS2.
You'll be asked to insert a 'blank, high density disk in drive a:'
PS/2-ref-disks use special systemtracks, from which it is 'bootable' to the
biossection.
good luck
peter