Offlinehi everyone
I use fedora7 and forgot my root and grub loader password .
If you have, a password protected grub boot loader and you forgot both root and grub password, how can you recover them?
Recovering grub boot loader password and root password
Posted on: Thu, 2008-01-17 18:58
Recovering grub boot loader password and root password
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You could reinstall GRUB from a live CD (just about any GNU/Linux live CD should have it; the CD you used to install Fedora has it (IIRC you need to enter "linux text" at the boot prompt to get to a shell). How to install GRUB.
Fedora 8 came out in November by the way.
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hi
I found a link that instruct us how can i recovering linux grub boot loader password.
but there is a issue here. my live cd hasn't any mode prompt for writing boot single . may be i didnt find.how can i provide this mode?
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-recovering-grub-boot-loader-password.html
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You need to type "linux rescue" (without the quotes) at the boot prompt.
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