Jeff, Which boot loader are you using? GRUB or LILO?
Mike Miller On 3/25/06, Jeff Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Micheal, > > Thanks for the google search idea, I checked out the different links in the > search, but, when I settled for one, nothing seems to be working as they > suggest. > > Jeff > > > > Michael Miller wrote: > > Jeff, > > > > Are you trying to get access to a Linux login prompt? or a GRUB > > password prompt? or a system BIOS password prompt? > > > > If you are trying to get past a Linux password prompt and have > > physical possession of said laptop you can always boot the laptop into > > run level 1 ( Single Users Mode ) and reset the root users password. > > You google for "Linux GRUB single user mode" you will get a list of > > instructions on how to do this. You can also google for "Linux LILO > > single user mode" to learn how to boot the system into single user > > mode from LILO. > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
