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From: Torsten Foertsch <torsten.foertsch@gmx.net>
To: "Jeremy Booker" <JerMe@nc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: initrd / pivot_root + boot problems
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 08:29:26 +0100
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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

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.


Torsten
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