On Sun, 2006-10-01 at 13:57 -0600, Michal Jaegermann wrote: > 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). I managed to get the CDROM drive talking long enough to get an FTP install started from one of the rawhide mirrors. Thanks for your help, Ernest > > Michal > -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list