On Thu, 18 Dec 2014, Chris Murphy wrote:
However, after changing the root password, the command
reboot is not found. And exit causes a kernel panic!
WHen I hit the 'systemd wants a root password' issue, I loop
mounted the image I wished to boot, and set the root PW in
/etc/shadow to a blanked value (i.e., no passwd) to get around
the issue
-- Russ herrold