Harry Sandelburn wrote: > > Mo Apr 10, 2005 > Problem: The Username and password combination has been forgotten or lost.
Is this for the root user, or the BIOS, or what? > Requested solutions: How do I obtain the username and password or > do away with the updated Fedora Core 2 > partition, > so that I can reload Fedora Core 3 (from > Linux User & Developer > magazine) and give it a new username and > password combinatin? > > Other information: The Compact laptop (AMD 64 - bit architecture) came > preloaded with > MS XP Home edition > > I think the computer recognizes the computer > host name as ITPro1998. > > In a Red Hat 7.2 Bible, have found the nos. > 82 (linux swap) and 83 > (linux ext3) and info about cFDISK and a D > (delete) key. Will it work? > > I have the Fedora Core 2 CDs as well as the > Fedora Core 3 CD from the > magazine. You can also, in the BIOS, boot to another medium (a knoppix CD works great) and use that to restore/reset your Linux password(s). -john -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
