On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 14:44 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 00:59 -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:56:33 +0000
> g <geleem(a)bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> > > Boot into runlevel 1 and reset your password using the passwd command.
> >
> > i am new to grub. how do i get to runlevel 1? press 'e'?
>
> press e when prompted, add a 1 to the end of the boot command line, press b to
> boot. (Or something close to that -- the instructions are pretty clear on the
> screen as you go along.)
Equivalently, type 'single' at the end of the boot line. Slightly easier
to remember.
I did not know that, I'll just stick this in my "Pearls of
Wisdom"
folder. Thanx! Ric
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