Boot from your Linux install CD, and at the initial menu, type "linux rescue"...this should get you to a point where you can A) run fsck on at least your root partition, if not all of them and B) mount your root partition and edit /etc/passwd to clear out your root password.
On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Jim Sheffer wrote: > ok- now I'm in trouble. > > The linux server crashed and will not reboot. Ststem starts up, then kickes > me .out to a shell (?) says there is a problem and asks for my password, > which like my earlier email stated, stopped working as of this morning. No > one changed anything to make this happen. So now the machine will not boot. > I tried to go to one of the other drives in lilo, but they all want the su > password. > > any suggestions? This is our mx server, so I need it up ASAP! > > Thanks! > > Jim > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
