Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:52:20 +0300 From: Petre Bandac <petre@kgb.ro> To: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: lost root password on a raid-1 geom mirror Message-ID: <20060411195220.0cfd55ce@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20060412010813.6aed4810@localhost> References: <20060411173112.3a0f1f7a@localhost> <20060412010813.6aed4810@localhost>
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On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 01:08:13 +1000 Anno Domini, the honourable Norberto Meijome wrote using one of his keyboards: > On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:31:12 +0300 > Petre Bandac <petre@kgb.ro> wrote: > > > the classic schema with unload all/load kernel/boot -s and > > mounting / read-write doesn't work > > > Hi Petre, > I assume you say it doesnt work because your kernel doesn't have > gmirror built into it. > > have you tried using the install disk -> fixit -> load the geom_mirror > module by hand and then mounting the devices? > > or take the disks to another box which has geom_mirror built into and > modify that way. > Beto it happened as follows - fresh install (following the onlamp.com howto); kernel recompile with all that needs, reboot, test, put the box aside for 3 weeks (while forgetting root password - stupid, yes), try to login (and obviously fail) thanks, petre -- Petre Bandac Network Scientist - petre@kgb.ro
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