Stuck in network boot

[jk111]

Well, here is my dilemma. I forgot both my User account password as well as my open firmware password that I had enabled. I went into boot disk and selected network boot, thinking it would boot off of Remote Disk, but it did not.

Now, it is stuck in the Network boot mode and I cannot switch it because I forgot my open firmware password.

Any tips or tricks would be greatly appreciated.

 

[tom vilsack]

reset PRAM by holding the Command-Option-P-R key combination...press the keys until you've heard two successive startup sounds....this should reset your open firmware.

 

[jk111]

It's not letting me do the reset. It just goes right to the network boot.

 

[tom vilsack]

you have to turn mba off and then poweron and hold down command-option-p-r keys (all four of them) and wait to hear two startup sounds (20-30 secs apart)...keep holding down keys till second sound and then should reset open firmware

 

[jk111]

Still no luck resetting it. I've tried the option and command keys on both sides of the keyboards as well.

 

[jk111]

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