you said on your email that ' Oh, trying to logon as
'linux single' does not work for me.'
are you trying to login as 'linux single' from the
login prompt?
the linux single thingie is typed at the LILO: prompt
while linux is booting up. that will get you to single
user mode ... then once you are in, you can change the
root password to something you can remember.
just clarifying =)
--- Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I forgot my password to my linux mandrake 7.1
> platform and I can't get in.
> I cannot log in as root or anything. Is there
> anyway to create a new user
> without that? I have my hardrive partitioned so
> that I have windows and
> linux installed. I am using a program called grub
> to select which disc
> operating system I want. When I boot into Linux I
> have only the choice of
> the graphical logon. The regular one only lasts for
> about 2 seconds and
> then it logs onto the graphical one. I tried
> hitting ctrl+alt+backspace but
> it just logs back into the graphical logon. I am
> really really screwed over
> here and I would appreciate any help. I sent this
> to the newbie mailing
> list and they were not any help. Oh, trying to
> logon as 'linux single' does
> not work for me. If anyone has these configurations
> and this version, your
> input is much appreciated. Thanks for your time.
>
> Confused,
> Eric
>
>
>
>
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