[iBook] oy vey

[Jim Manley]

Actually there is.

The following is from Apple's knowledgebase:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106482

Warning: The Open Firmware Password can be reset and changed by any  
one of the following:

By any administrator user, as designated in the Accounts preferences  
(or in Server Admin).
Via physical access to the inside of the computer.
When the computer is started up in Mac OS 9.



How to troubleshoot a computer with Open Firmware Password enabled

If you cannot access the Open Firmware Password application and need  
to troubleshoot your computer by:
Resetting the PRAM
Starting up in Single-user mode
Starting up in Verbose mode
Starting from CD-ROM


Then follow these steps:

Start up into Open Firmware by pressing and holding the Command- 
Option-O-F key combination during startup.
At the Open Firmware prompt, type: reset-nvram
Press Return.
When prompted for your password, enter it and press the Return key.
It responds OK.
At the Open Firmware prompt, type: reset-all
Press Return.


The computer restarts and you are now be able to reset the PRAM and  
startup in Single-user mode, Verbose mode, or from CD-ROM.



1. shut down

2. change your ram (either increase it or decrease it.)

3. boot

4. Shutdown

5. Change your ram back to what it was.

Boot.
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James Paul Manley
Albuquerque, New Mexico

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On Nov 26, 2005, at 5:18 PM, Ron Reames wrote:

> On the other hand, if he put his password in firmware, there is  
> absolutely NO way possible to get around that protection.