Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!cs.utexas.edu!texbell!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386 Subject: Re: need to boot in single user mode Message-ID: <9:Q46+C@xds13.ferranti.com> Date: 18 Jul 90 13:18:50 GMT References: <1209@rossignol.Princeton.EDU> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Distribution: usa Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 11 Boot from the instalation floopy. Interrupt the install. Mount your hard drive manually. (/etc/mount /dev/dsk/0s1 /mnt) Edit the password file by hand. (/mnt/bin/ed /mnt/etc/passwd) Unmount the hard drive, shutdown (/etc/uadmin 2 0), and reboot. The location and name of some of these files may differ on your system. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180.