We want to boot into single user mode so that we can change the root
password to something we'll actually remember...
You can try to boot at the command line with 'linux single'. Depending on your distribution, you may have to enter a password :( If this is the case, you can still get around it, it just requires a bit more work.
First, you will have to boot at the command line with 'init=/bin/sh'
Then, you need to mount the root filesystem (and any others that you may need) in order to write to the password files.
# mount -o remount,rw /
Then you can change the passwd :)
# passwd
Then you need to mount the root filesystem as read only so you can powerdown without wrecking things
# mount -o remount,ro /
Then turn the power off :)
Cheers
Ian.
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