Re: forgot root password on head- and keyboardless machine *blush*

[Cliff Sarginson]

On Tuesday 21 August 2001 21:05, Hall Stevenson wrote:
> > On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 19:19:34 +0100, Stig Brautaset wrote:
> > > I know that this is a solution but I don't have a
> > > keyboard. I have a screen I could use, but I really don't
> > > want to buy a new keyboard just to do this... (my
> > > friends all have ps/2 keyboards, whilst my machine
> > > uses the old din-style).
> >
> > Even if you HAD a keyboard that fits you would SURELY
> > kill your machine by hot-plugging it in (smash the
> > keyboard-controller's fuse, if it has one, or even blow the
> > controller itself.)
>
> This is a valid concern with PS/2 keyboards, but I think it
> may not be as much of an issue with the 'old-style' AT
> connections.
>
> Hall
Well, I must have been living on the knife-edge of disaster all
those years I spent as a system manager..merrily (un)plugging
keyboards like there was no tomorrow.. lol
Cliff