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[EMAIL PROTECTED]:grub2$ uname -a
Linux beast 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Wed Aug 20 17:53:40 UTC 2008
x86_64 GNU/Linux
Compiles fine for me
Cameron
James
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2008
*x86_64*GNU/Linux
Compiles fine for me
Cameron
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> James
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> Subject: Re: forgot passwd, cannot login, [rd]init=/bin/sh don't work
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Subject: Re: forgot passwd, cannot login, [rd]init=/bin/sh don't work
Can somebody please integrate my patches? For the parent article and
the "grub-install message should mention --recheck" ar
Can somebody please integrate my patches? For the parent article and
the "grub-install message should mention --recheck" article.
I am a mere "apt-get install" user. I fear if I learn your whole
source code system, and finally make an official patch, it too will
fall on deaf ears.
As I expect I w
Ah, no wonder. These need rewording:
Use the %C and %C keys to select which entry is highlighted.
Press enter to boot the selected OS, 'e' to edit the
commands before booting or 'c' for a command-line.
Minimum Emacs-like screen editing is supported. TAB lists
available completions. Press C-x
On Wednesday 08 October 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> So in grub2 I chose "e" to edit, and changed the lines to
> linux/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686 root=UUID=... rdinit=/bin/sh
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686
> hit ESC then RET, and alas it was like I didn't type anything
AW> If you have a LiveCD or recovery CD which many distros of linux have, then
AW> boot under that. Then, when you are in the root shell, you can mount your
AW> systems partition, and then you can use the command chroot
AW> . That will make the live cd use
AW> your systems file system. Then simply
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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OK, I then tried linux-doc-2.6.26/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt.gz:
rdinit= [KNL]
Format:
Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
So in grub2 I chose "e" to edit, and changed the li
Gentlemen, last time I forgot my password and couldn't log into my
machine here on my far away rural mountaintop, I ended up digging up an
old Debian "potato" CDROM and installing it into some free space on my
disk, from which I could edit /etc/passwd and zero out the password.
These days that woul
