On 11/24/05, Sukrit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Listers,
>
> I managed to fsckup @ the password prompt, either I plain entered the
> wrong pass or I did entered it at the un chrooted terminal.
>
> Either way I am locked out of my brand new gentoo installation. What do
> I do to claim it back, I have no users created and I don't want to
> re-install.

If you append "init=/bin/bash" to the kernel command line, you will
land up in a bash shell, from where the root password can be reset.

--
Vijairaj


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