add to kernel boot line: init=/bin/bash On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Raymond Norton <admin at lctn.org> wrote: > I am trying to get to single user mode on an Ubuntu server, adding > "single" to the end of the kernel line brings me to a "control d" > prompt. How can I get it to boot to a shell instead, so I can set the > root password? > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20090415/90859fd4/attachment.htm