And given that some secutiry concious Linux user hasn't set a password on there,
in which case you'd have to boot off a rescue disk, mount the drive and manually
edit the password file.
If they also protected things via the BIOS and a password so you can't boot off
a floppy then you'd have to clear the CMOS to continue.
Jon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Given that you have an image named linux. That is the convention, but
> there really isn't any reason it couldn't be named "no", or any other
> thing. Hit tab or question mark at the boot: prompt for a list of the
> images it knows, then use one of those.
>
> Lawson
> >< Microsoft free environment
>
> This mail client runs on Wine. Your mileage may vary.
>
> On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Glynn Clements wrote:
>
> >
> > Michael Vincent K. Pozon - CompE wrote:
> >
> > > reboot you box and in the LILO prompt , type 'linux single' without
> the
> > > quotes, of course
> > >
> > > LILO : linux single
> >
> > Depending upon the distro, the "single" option may or may not let you
> > log in without a password. However, using:
> >
> > LILO : linux init=/bin/sh
> >
> > should always dump you straight into a root shell.
> >
> > --
> > Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
>
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