On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 23:00:28 -0500
"Erik Hemdal" <ehemdal@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi all
> >
> > How can I access Fedora to change my
> > screwed up Root Password-FC3
> > on a Dell Laptop [ it has a floppy but No cdrom]
> >
> > I must have typed in the same erroneous password twice.. go figure?
> >
> > Many thanks in advance
> >
> > Johnny
> >
> >
>
> How did you arrange to install FC3 without a CD-ROM drive?
>
> Knowing this might help. As far as I know, you need a CD-ROM to install,
> and you need one for the rescue image (because the kernel is too big for a
> floppy.
>
> If I recall, you can add the option 'single' (quotes aren't included) to the
> boot options in Grub to bring the system up in single-user mode. Then
> you're root, and can change your password.
>
>
>
> Erik
>
Hi Erik
This is good advice that worked.
Thanks for the help.
I had forgotten how to do this.
Johnny
PS.. I had Redhat 9.0 loaded on this via a network install
off my lan server.
I was able to load up FC 3 isolinux in a /boot/sudirectory and
set it up in Grub.conf so I could boot the laptop to FC3 install
and have it pull off a partition where the FC3 iso were located.
Worked well. I just punched in the wrong password... twice.. a dummy I am
Regards johnny
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