Did you try Linux 1 at lilo prompt? That worked for me. ;-)
Once upon a time, Shirmay Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> found a keyboard. And typed:
>Hi, We use Debian Gnu/Linux 2.1. The root password is lost(yes we are kicking
>ourselves). I've tried to boot into the single user mode by typing linux
>single at the lilo boot: to recover the password. But the method does not
>work. Could you tell the proper way please?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>
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