On 10/31/2007 08:26 PM, Stan Goodman wrote: >> In Yast2 boot loader, or etc/sysconfig Editor. >> In case you have never done this, you would log into the rescue system, then >> mount the root partition of the drive, i.e. mount /dev/md0 /mnt >> (Not sure if these are still needed in 10.3 or not) >> mount -o bind /proc /mnt/proc >> mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev >> mount -o bind /sys /mnt/sys >> cd mnt >> chroot /mnt >> That will put you into your old system as root. To run Yast2 ncurses >> mode, run yast. >> to exit out of your change rooted system, type exit. Then shutdown -r >> now to reboot. HTH. >> > > Many, many thanks. I'm sure it would have taken me a long time to acquire all > of that by myself. But logging into Rescue involves getting past the demand > for > an ID and password; I have tried using "root" and the PW that I have been > using > as root in normal use, but these don't fly. What does it want? > I just rebooted to double check, and it only prompts for user. It does not prompt for a password. User is root. It is not that hard with the above instructions. Are you saying yours IS asking for a password? The rescue system has worked the same way since I have used SUSE (6.4). I have a hard time believing yours works differently than mine. I am using the DVD x86_64 flavor.
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