at the lilo prompt type
linux single
then change your password
my overclcoker test is usually to run a loop of 50 or so kernel compiles
and echo the stderr to a file, then look for any odd errors in the file
after the whole night.. my dual celerons at 523 started coughing up on the
3rd or 4th compile and i knew it was time to bring em back :)
On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Chris Johnson wrote:
> I ran the 2.2.5 box for a month (fo0lishly) without
> rigorously testing to make sure the overclocking wasn't
> making small errors. When I rebooted the other day,
> it booted fully (and can boot into Windows fine) but
> when I got to the login prompt, it won't accept my
> root pwd or my user pwd. I'm thinking it's because
> the pwd data is corrupted from overclocking--dual celeron
> 366 -> 550, bus at 100mhz (which doesn't cause any probs
> for the HD bus, because this is standard).
>
> Any suggestions on what to do to recover my pwds and
> login, and steps to take to detect data corruption and
> also to diagnose how fast I can safely overclock are
> requested.
> thanks,
> Chris Johnson
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