One thing you can do: hold left shift during boot to get a prompt, and at the "LILO:" prompt enter "Linux init=/bin/sh" (possibly replacing "Linux" with another image name if your box doesn't have the default).
The root fs will come up read-only. To be able to mount other filesystems and otherwise bring the box to a usable state, mount -o rw,remount / HTH. -m On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 12:36:01AM +0100, Pieter De Troyer wrote: > Hi, > > After letting it catch some dust in the past months I dug up an old > workstation that wasn't completely configured yet. > > Problem: don't remember the root password. Only the password from the > only other user account on the machine. Booting in single user mode > prompted me for the root password (or ctrl+d) for normal boot. > > what can i do? > > pieter > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
