From: Bernd Schubert <bernd-schubert@web.de>
To: Torsten Foertsch <torsten.foertsch@gmx.net>,
"Jeremy Booker" <JerMe@nc.rr.com>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: initrd / pivot_root + boot problems
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 14:38:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200303131438.08371.bernd-schubert@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200303130829.29989.torsten.foertsch@gmx.net>
On Thursday 13 March 2003 08:29, Torsten Foertsch wrote:
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> On Wednesday 12 March 2003 23:54, Jeremy Booker wrote:
> > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.7-10 ro root=/dev/sda1
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> append to that line "init=/bin/bash" then boot. You will see a bash prompt.
> Now mount whatever is necessary, change your passwd and reboot. Maybe, you
> need a "mount -o remount,rw /" prior to changing pw.
>
And before rebooting you should also run "sync" ;-) otherwise everything you
have written to the harddisk (including your password file) would be probably
lost.
Bernd
prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-03-13 13:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-03-12 22:54 Jeremy Booker
2003-03-13 7:29 ` Torsten Foertsch
2003-03-13 13:38 ` Bernd Schubert [this message]
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