technical question

[Sam Gordon]

im probably buggin the hell out of u and im sorry....it rebooted it after i
wrote single in the line for the kernels but now its stuck at
sh-3.1#
and doesnt load anything

On 10/4/07, Casey Dahlin <cjdahlin at ncsu.edu> wrote:
>
> 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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