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Sep 25, 2007, 09:42 PM
 
I've got a school computer in a lab that someone changed the admin password, graduated and left (leaving no password).

I've got a 10.4 install DVD, but it's a G4 tower with a CD drive. I believe there is a way to get around the password in target disk mode, but I haven't had any luck finding how.

Any ideas?

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Sep 25, 2007, 09:52 PM
 
You can't just re-image the machine and be done with it? Most school labs take advantage of NetBoot and can restore machines in a few minutes from a network image.
     
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There's no network image.
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Sep 25, 2007, 09:55 PM
 
Originally Posted by maclif View Post
There's no network image.
So you re-image manually? Off CD/DVD? External HD?
     
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that makes sense. Thanks!
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