[TAG] I found a solution and it's working !

Mon Nov 21 16:31:03 MSK 2005

On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 01:25:24AM -0800, ANDREI wrote:
> Thank you very much for your help !
>  
> To enter in the LILO command line press SHIFT key.
>  
> Type linux init=/bin/bash
>     or linux init=/bin/sh
>  
> Now you are logged as root, but .. read-only.
> To have full acces:
>  
> mount /dev/sda1 -o remount,rw

Yep - that's what it tells you to do at the prompt.

> if your / partition is "sda1" .
> Then use passwd to enter the desired password.
> That's all !
> Thank you very much again for your help !

You're certainly welcome; glad we could assist.

> PS: the problem with the root password is a bug of Debian distribution ??

No, the problem is generally mistyping. That's not
distribution-specific. :)

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