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I forgot my root passwd for Linux 7.1 from PCQuest. It does not show lilo:, but puts up a GUI for selecting Win/Linux. Now, how do I give linux single?
Name: kernelgimp Date: October 18, 2001 at 05:22:14 Pacific
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It should show some keys to press to get to the LILO: prompt. Try control-x, it works on RH7.
--kernelgimp
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Name: karthik Date: November 1, 2001 at 02:17:46 Pacific
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hi you just press control+x9while booting) .then you will be prompted to boot:,then type linux single,you will find bash2.4# here you just type "passwd root"(without quotation marks).then you just reboot yhe system.now you can enter without password
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