Try starting in runlevel 1 by giving this option to LILO:
LILO: linux 1
(If you don't have protected your lilo with the "restricted" option...)
Salu2,
Oscar.
El Jue 05 Jul 2001 22:42, escribiste:
> Hi guys,
> I have lost root password of one of the machines. And the machine
> is complicated a dual cpu compaq because of that I do not want remove the
> hard idsk to crack the root password. Is there a way to crack the root
> password from the local console at the boot time. I remember from the old
> times that we were using some kind of floppy disk. Thank you.
>
> Sincerely yours,
> Kursad Kayaturk