On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 02:02:51PM -0400, Ernest L. Williams Jr. wrote: > Okay, I did the following: > ================================================================== > grub> root (hd0,1) > Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 > > grub> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2708.fc6 > [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x1e00, size=0x1e6599] > > grub> initrd /initrd-2.6.18-1.2708.fc6.img > [Linux-initrd @ 0x37ddc000, 0x213a86 bytes] > > grub> boot > ================================================================= > > After booting up, I got a console login. Yes, that's the ticket. > Now, I need to reset the root password. Can I do this > from grub as well? No, you cannot. But you can, as it was suggested before, boot in a single-user mode by appending "s", or "1", to your "kernel" command and then you can set that password any way you want. > Ultimately, I need to get back to the rescue CD as I will want to do a > fresh install. Well, apparently your hardware decided to quit so not before that is fixed. OTOH if you are that far you should be able to install from a disk partition (one on which you are _not_ installing). Michal -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list