Simple, you build one ... Boot the m/c from the installation CD... most distros have
the option to build a bootdisk,
without installing anything on your HDD... and IIRC, slackware provides one of the
nicest way to go about it among all
the other distros (comments from slackware-wallahs invited ;)
--Indra.
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [ilug-cal] root password problem
> Date: Saturday, September 25, 1999 10:37 AM
>
> Hi Indra,
> out of interest,what do you do if you don't have a rescue or bootdisk?
>
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> Rajarshi Guha | Do molecular biologists
> Dept Of Chemistry | wear designer genes ??
> IIT Kharagpur |
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> On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Indranil Das Gupta wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Boot the m/c using the rescue bootdisk. Once you are at the root prompt,
> > use the passwd command to change the password....and try not to lose it
> > again :-)
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