technical question

[Casey Dahlin]

Modify kernel arguments. You want to add 'single' to the end of the 
arguments list.

Sam Gordon wrote:
> hey wow that was fast cool...ok im in some screen and its says GNU 
> GRUB vr. 0.97
> Fedora Core(2.6.15-1.2054_FC5)
> i guess its like a boot window...i cant like edit commands before 
> booting, modify kernel arguments before booting, or go to command line...
> is this where i type what u said or the main login window after the 
> system starts up?
> cuz i tried /etc/passwd and that didnt work at all...and u attached 
> something do i input that sumwhere?
>
> On 10/4/07, *Casey Dahlin* <cjdahlin at ncsu.edu 
> <mailto:cjdahlin at ncsu.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Sam Gordon wrote:
>     > hi i got a question..my friend installed fedora on my pc and put in
>     > the username password and now he doesnt remember it lol..and i
>     have no
>     > idea what it is because he installed it...is there a way to
>     override
>     > the login or somehow bypass it and change the information? plz just
>     > tell me what my options r in the matter
>
>     This list is for development discussion. For help and support you
>     should
>     try fedoraforum.org <http://fedoraforum.org> or #fedora on
>     irc.freenode.net <http://irc.freenode.net> . That being said,
>     from the grub screen, edit your default boot settings and add the word
>     'single' (without quotes) to the end of the line mentioning
>     'vmlinuz' .
>     When you boot, you will get a text-only shell with root privileges.
>
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