On Thursday 13 March 2003 08:29, Torsten Foertsch wrote:
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> On Wednesday 12 March 2003 23:54, Jeremy Booker wrote:
> > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.7-10 ro root=/dev/sda1
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> append to that line "init=/bin/bash" then boot. You will see a bash prompt.
> Now mount whatever is necessary, change your passwd and reboot. Maybe, you
> need a "mount -o remount,rw /" prior to changing pw.
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And before rebooting you should also run "sync" ;-) otherwise everything you
have written to the harddisk (including your password file) would be probably
lost.
Bernd
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