I've used Boot Everywhere Linux with pleasing results. It's a bootable floppy that doesn't have a ton of features, but it's quick. Just rawrite or dd the image onto a floppy. http://boot.everywhere.dk/ > OK, I did something ... less than brilliant. > > I set up Mandrake on a Compaq laptop. Everything's working fine. > However, I have recently (like, Thursday?) realized that I've > forgotten the root password. This is not currently a high-priority > problem, but will become more so as time goes on. > > It boots from CD-ROM very nicely - any recommendations for fixing > this? > > IIRC, I turned on shadow passwords - I assume I could boot from > removeable media, go in and delete the password from /etc/shadow, > reboot, log in as root, and change the password? > > -- > Scott Raun > sraun at fireopal.org > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list