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Patrick Gardella wrote:
> 
> Boot into single user (-s at Boot; prompt).  Use /stand/sysinstall or passwd to
> change the root password to something you will remember. ;)
> 
> Patrick
> 
> On 16-Oct-97 Michael Richards wrote:
> >Hmmm. I seem to have mistaken my root password when I changed it...
> >Now how do I get root again from the console? Fortunately/unfortunately it
> >does not appear as simple as:
> >lilo init=/bin/base rw
> >
> >:)
> >
> >thanks
> >-Mike

don't forget to do 
mount -u /
mount /usr
mount /var

to make the filesystems writeable
or passwd won't work