[Gllug] OPENSUSE 11.1 - GRUB PASSWORD ERROR

[James Hawtin]

On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 09:19:33AM +0000, Mohan wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I have an upgraded installation of opensuse11.1 from opensuse11.0 the 
> issue am having is no matter how many times i reset the grub password/ 
> reinstall grub, the password i have set for the grub fails. Apart from 
> that everything works fine, its a dell laptop I use the lock feature to 
> lock other OS in grub menu as it has multiple OS installed. since the 
> password always fails i couldnt use the lock feature in grub. I have 
> tried every option i have come across the internet, Is it just me who is 
> having this problem or is it the grub in opensuse 11.1 has this issue ?
> 

Do you have any "Special" characters in the grub password? On boot the
keyboard normally looks like a "US" one to the OS. As a test try setting a
single word as the password.

James
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