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Date:      Sun, 21 Jul 2002 16:18:18 -0500
From:      "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net>
To:        george rousson <george@rousson.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Boot -s doesn't work any other ideas
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.20020721161818.011cd350@mail.sage-one.net>
In-Reply-To: <20020720132857.A26589@rousson.net>

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At 01:28 PM 7.20.2002 +0000, george rousson wrote:
>
>
>Hi
>
>I'm trying to recover a root password however when 
>doing boot -s in the beggining it doesn't work at all
>.
>
>I can mount this disk from another OS (openbsd) and see 
>the files on this hard disk.
>
>Is there any other way i can break the password so i
>can make this work.,
>
>
>thanks
Did you do "reboot" first...?? ....and then wait for the prompt about "hit
a key" before it goes into the full boot.... when you see that prompt, hit
a key as prompted and you should then see "ok" at the prompt... now do
"boot -s"

Just guessing what you have tried....

Best regards,
Jack L. Stone,
Administrator

SageOne Net
http://www.sage-one.net
jackstone@sage-one.net

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