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From: jidanni@jidanni.org
To: grub-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: forgot passwd, cannot login, [rd]init=/bin/sh don't work
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:46:04 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bpxru9w3.fsf@jidanni.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 200810092019.59531.bitbucket@arcor.de

Ah, no wonder. These need rewording:

 Use the %C and %C keys to select which entry is highlighted.
 Press enter to boot the selected OS, 'e' to edit the
 commands before booting or 'c' for a command-line.

 Minimum Emacs-like screen editing is supported. TAB lists
 available completions. Press C-x ('x' with Ctrl) to boot,
 C-c ('c' with Ctrl) for a command-line or ESC to return menu.

Here, I have reworded the latter, preserving terseness, and fixing grammar:

 Minimum Emacs-like editing is supported. TAB lists available
 completions. Press C-x ('x' with Ctrl) to boot, C-c for a
 command-line or ESC to throw away changes and return to menu.

Kindly integrate it into your next version. Thank you.

(There is also a grub screen with its several lines of help text
enclosed by "[  ]". Might as well chuck them too.)

By the way, I indeed now could login now without remembering the password. Use
 linux	/boot/vmlinuz-... root=... rw init=/bin/sh
 initrd	/boot/initrd.img-...
The key is the "rw init=/bin/sh". (And after editing /etc/passwd to change
root's :x: to ::, be sure not to just exit the shell, but hit
CTRL-ALT-DEL, else one has to push the reset button.)



  reply	other threads:[~2008-10-11  2:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20081007095652.GD7127@fencepost.gnu.org>
2008-10-08 21:40 ` forgot passwd, cannot login, [rd]init=/bin/sh don't work jidanni
2008-10-08 23:09   ` walt
2008-10-09 18:19   ` Niels Böhm
2008-10-11  2:46     ` jidanni [this message]
2008-10-15 18:41       ` jidanni
2008-12-26 18:57       ` [PATCH] menu.c clearer instructions jidanni
2008-12-26 19:48         ` cmdline.c: ESC at any time exits: only mentioned once jidanni
2009-01-24 20:11           ` Vesa Jääskeläinen
2009-01-25  9:42             ` Carles Pina i Estany
2008-12-26 20:46         ` [PATCH] menu.c clearer instructions Carles Pina i Estany
2008-12-26 22:54           ` jidanni
2008-12-27  6:53             ` Pavel Roskin
2008-12-27 22:49               ` jidanni
2008-12-30  1:09                 ` jidanni
2008-12-30  8:12                   ` Jerone Young
2009-01-01  0:18                     ` jidanni
2009-01-05  5:31             ` Jerone Young
2009-01-05 23:53               ` jidanni
2009-01-23 20:05                 ` patches not acted upon jidanni
2009-01-24 20:02                   ` Vesa Jääskeläinen
2009-01-25  3:24                   ` Jerone Young
2009-01-26 19:27                     ` jidanni
2008-12-26 19:10       ` [semi-PATCH] grub.texi: emergency booting without root passwd jidanni
2008-12-26 20:42         ` Carles Pina i Estany
2009-01-24 20:06           ` Vesa Jääskeläinen
     [not found] <4728c15d0810081751i57cfe910x9aa321f25f89495a@mail.gmail.com>
2008-10-09  1:09 ` forgot passwd, cannot login, [rd]init=/bin/sh don't work jidanni
2008-10-17 12:26 James Shewey
2008-10-18  3:44 ` Cameron Braid
2008-10-18 12:20   ` Steven Trotter

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