Well, CTRL-ALT-DEL always works unless you disabled it. then the usual
boot into single user mode at the lilo prompt:
LILO: linux single
or
LILO: linux 1
where "linux" is the kernel you want to use..
you should get to a prompt then, or you might get asked for the root
password again :(
Donncha.
Peter Flynn wrote:
>> One of my servers has halted and it's been so long since it went wrong
> that I cannot remember the root password. Smart, huh?
>> Is there a keystroke trap to the console like Sun's L1-A which will
> get me single-user access from the console?
>
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