[Gllug] Debian: Laptop.

[David Pashley]

On Sep 15, 2003 at 16:18, Richard Turner praised the llamas by saying:
> Being able
> > to just append a "3" to my kernel arguments to get a sane system is a
> > really useful thing to be able to do. Similarly, being able to boot to
> > run level 2 (full multiuser locally, but no network services) when
> your
> > NIS/NFS server is down is equally handy.
> > 
> Or run level 1 if you're dumb enough to forget your root password? ;o)
> 
Debian will ask you for your root password on booting to single user
mode. You will need to boot with init=/bin/sh if you want to get around
it. "Oh you password protected your boot loader? bad luck"

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David Pashley
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Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione.
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