Messages in this thread | | | From | Bernd Schubert <> | Subject | Re: initrd / pivot_root + boot problems | Date | Thu, 13 Mar 2003 14:38:08 +0100 |
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On Thursday 13 March 2003 08:29, Torsten Foertsch wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wednesday 12 March 2003 23:54, Jeremy Booker wrote: > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.7-10 ro root=/dev/sda1 > > 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. > And before rebooting you should also run "sync" ;-) otherwise everything you have written to the harddisk (including your password file) would be probably lost.
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