After much trying I finally got the BIOS screen online. Running the USB drive by deleting the Ubuntu partition works well but at no point does it ask for the root user password.
What gives? I need the root user account for accessing miscellaneous files in GNU/Linux. Thank you. On Sun, 24 Nov 2019 at 02:53, Davin Pearson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sun, 24 Nov 2019 at 02:48, Davin Pearson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Sorry I have gone and forgotten my root password. >> >> I need to boot from my USB stick drive to >> retrieve it. >> >> Holding down the Esc key while booting >> doesn't help with the matter. Instead, it >> asks me if I want to install Linux or Windows. >> >> > Actually it asks me if I want to boot under > Ubuntu or Windows rather than install. > That was a typo on my part. > > >> I can't seem to get access to the BIOS menu. >> >> Thank you in advance for your help. >> >> On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 at 16:02, Rik Tindall <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> If it's not a clickable link icon on your desktop, you can quickly make >>> it so. >>> >>> Just find / navigate to the appropriate volume in the file manager, then >>> click it to mount and open it (producing the desktop link). You can then >>> right-click for a menu to make such a link permanent if it isn't already. >>> >>> Cheers, Rik >>> >>> On 2019-11-19 15:14, Davin Pearson wrote: >>> >>> I am having some difficulties in accessing my C:\ drive from >>> inside of Linux. Under Lubuntu (my old computer's O.S.) >>> you simply type in: >>> >>> cd /media/www/C1TB >>> >>> And then you can access the C drive using >>> ls etc. >>> >>> What is the way forward? >>> >>> A brief google search did not come up with any useful information. >>> >>> <trim> >>> -- >>> Sincerely and kindest regards, Davin. >>> Davin Pearson http://davin.50webs.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Linux-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users >>> >> >> >> -- >> Sincerely and kindest regards, Davin. >> Davin Pearson http://davin.50webs.com >> > > > -- > Sincerely and kindest regards, Davin. > Davin Pearson http://davin.50webs.com > -- Sincerely and kindest regards, Davin. Davin Pearson http://davin.50webs.com
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