How can I change screwed up Root Password-FC3 on Dell Laptop
Falko Pilz
fedora-ml at fapi.de
Wed Dec 8 04:26:52 UTC 2004
Hello,
nothing easier than this :-)
all you need is
- a running grub and a bootimage (on DVD or 1'st CD) realy you only
need a kernel and a "installation" initrd
or
-an PXE environment (DHCP and TFTPServer) including a PXE-enabled NIC
Regards
Falko
>
> How did you arrange to install FC3 without a CD-ROM drive?
>
> Knowing this might help. As far as I know, you need a CD-ROM to
> install, and you need one for the rescue image (because the kernel is
> too big for a floppy.
>
> If I recall, you can add the option 'single' (quotes aren't included)
> to the boot options in Grub to bring the system up in single-user
> mode. Then you're root, and can change your password.
>
>
>
> Erik
>
>
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