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Date: Fri, 30 Jun 1995 19:26:22 GMT
From: Brian Handy <handy@condor.physics.montana.edu>
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Subject: 2.0.5 install woes
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Hi,

I'm in the midst of a 2.0.5 install...made it past the network card,
got the binaries, started trying to re-establish the old system, 
passwords, usr directories...

And I've hosed myself.  I don't seem to have the root password, and 
I don't remember how to reinstall the old password database. 

With the first problem, I thought I could just boot single-user and
change the password.  Well, it only mounts the / partition, and that 
is read-only it seems.  I could mount the rest, I think...but that 
still doesn't deal with this read-only problem.

Any suggestions?  

Thanks

Brian Handy