Warning: This is a change in the Linux OS of the ScreenPlay Pro HD. Iomega may consider this a reason to void your warranty if do any of the actions listed. It is possible to mess up the operating system enough to make it no longer function. If you make these changes, you do so at your own risk.
Note: Iomega has provided a firmware update program that will restore the drive's firmware and operating system files.
What you do
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What it does
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| Open a Dosbox an a Windows PC or in Linux | |
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Type |
Connect with the Screenplay via Telnet. |
| For user name, type root |
Log into the ScreenPlay Pro HD as root user, no password is required (yet ;-). |
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Type |
Make the Root Filesystem Read write |
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Type |
Allows changinf user password (in this case root one) |
| Type new root password and press enter (characters are not echoed) |
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| Type again new root password and press enter (characters are not echoed) |
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| Type /bin/mount -no remount,ro /dev/root |
Make the Filesystem Read only |
| Type exit | Close the telnet connection |
| Next time you try to telnet as root user, password previously selected will be needed |