Re: Installing FC4 over FC1 with forgotten password

From: Lenard (Lenard_at_127.0.0.1)
Date: 06/19/05

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    Aaron Gray wrote:

    >> A bit of a problem here. I have a machine with FC1 on but the
    >> password is unknown. I want to install FC4 over it. It has GRUB and
    >> also a Windows partition which I would like to keep.
    >>
    >> I have tried the FC rescue disk and am able to access FC1 as
    >> /mnt/sysimage. chroot produces a segmentation fault.

    No need to boot with the rescue disk or in rescue more, just boot into
    runlevel 1 and fix the password problem, use google for the details.

    Hint; recover from lost password

    > Okay I have scrubbed the harddisk (including Windows) and am starting
    > from scratch.
    >
    > Unfortunately my HP laptop does not boot from DVD so got to download
    > and make up some CD's :(

    Why??? http://linux.simple.be/tools/sbm

    If your laptop does not boot from the DVD most likely it will not boot
    from the CD either. Depending on the laptop BIOS and/or the CD/DVD
    devices firmware boot from a non-floppy emulation type CD/DVD disc may
    not be possible. 

    -- 
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
 safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."     -- B. Franklin, 1759
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