[E3-hacking] e3-hacking Digest, Vol 74, Issue 3

[Paul Toghill]

I will have a look tomorrow. I am not a genius with Linux. Thanks from Paul.

On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 12:00 PM, <e3-hacking-request at earth.li> wrote:

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>    1. Re: E3 with Linux, login and p/word required please?
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> Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 14:40:06 +0100
> From: Jonathan McDowell <noodles at earth.li>
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> Subject: Re: [E3-hacking] E3 with Linux, login and p/word required
>         please?
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> On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 03:02:51PM +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> > Hi Paul,
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> > > I have found an E3 with a Linux kernel installed. After it has booted
> > > up it is asking for an Amsdelta login and password. Does anyone know
> > > what the login and password are please?
> >
> > Can you tell what the bootloader is?  Does it give the ability to modify
> > the kernel's parameters?  You should be able to gain root access with
> > `single' or `init=/bin/sh' in the normal, non-Amstrad, manner.
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> My distant memory is that the "root" user should have no password set,
> at least in the original amsdelta images I produced.
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> J.
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