Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 16:18:18 -0500 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> To: george rousson <george@rousson.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot -s doesn't work any other ideas Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20020721161818.011cd350@mail.sage-one.net> In-Reply-To: <20020720132857.A26589@rousson.net>
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At 01:28 PM 7.20.2002 +0000, george rousson wrote: > > >Hi > >I'm trying to recover a root password however when >doing boot -s in the beggining it doesn't work at all >. > >I can mount this disk from another OS (openbsd) and see >the files on this hard disk. > >Is there any other way i can break the password so i >can make this work., > > >thanks Did you do "reboot" first...?? ....and then wait for the prompt about "hit a key" before it goes into the full boot.... when you see that prompt, hit a key as prompted and you should then see "ok" at the prompt... now do "boot -s" Just guessing what you have tried.... Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net jackstone@sage-one.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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