From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 11 16:49:21 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A80916A409 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 16:49:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from petre@kgb.ro) Received: from kgb.rdsbv.ro (kgb.rdsbv.ro [82.78.148.14]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F23CC43D7E for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 16:49:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from petre@kgb.ro) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kgb.rdsbv.ro (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF018115E7; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:52:22 +0300 (EEST) Received: from kgb.rdsbv.ro ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (kgb.rdsbv.ro [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 16862-02; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:52:21 +0300 (EEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kgb.rdsbv.ro (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEB0C1147B; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:52:20 +0300 (EEST) Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:52:20 +0300 From: Petre Bandac To: Norberto Meijome Message-ID: <20060411195220.0cfd55ce@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20060412010813.6aed4810@localhost> References: <20060411173112.3a0f1f7a@localhost> <20060412010813.6aed4810@localhost> Organization: my own organization X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.0.0 (GTK+ 2.8.12; i386-portbld-freebsd5.4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at lubyanka.kgb.ro Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: lost root password on a raid-1 geom mirror X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 16:49:21 -0000 On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 01:08:13 +1000 Anno Domini, the honourable Norberto Meijome wrote using one of his keyboards: > On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:31:12 +0300 > Petre Bandac wrote: > > > the classic schema with unload all/load kernel/boot -s and > > mounting / read-write doesn't work > > > Hi Petre, > I assume you say it doesnt work because your kernel doesn't have > gmirror built into it. > > have you tried using the install disk -> fixit -> load the geom_mirror > module by hand and then mounting the devices? > > or take the disks to another box which has geom_mirror built into and > modify that way. > Beto it happened as follows - fresh install (following the onlamp.com howto); kernel recompile with all that needs, reboot, test, put the box aside for 3 weeks (while forgetting root password - stupid, yes), try to login (and obviously fail) thanks, petre -- Petre Bandac Network Scientist - petre@kgb.ro