From: w6i@ornl.gov (John C. Wingenbach) Subject: Re: LOST root password. Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1993 17:15:24 GMT
In article <20e1l1$m45@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> fhchua@athena.mit.edu (Fei Hai Chua) writes:
>Not sure how I screw this, but I created a new user and change the password
>for the newuser. Since after that, I couldn't log in as root anymore.
>So what is the screat key for single user mode boot?
What I would suggest is to create the default a1 boot disk (from SLS) and use
it to boot up. Once booted you can mount the Linux/minix partition. The root
password as you recall is none existent with the init boot.
Don't forget to make a mount point before issuing the mount command.
This of course assumes that the default boot supports your hard drive
controller. If not, you will need a kernel with support for it for this to
work.
John C. Wingenbach Martin Marietta Energy Systems
Data Systems Research & Development
w6i@ornl.gov Oak Ridge Technical Center III
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