I recently obtained an HP xw8600 workstation with an E5420 series processor and two NVidia FX1700 dual head DVI video cards. This provides the ability for four monitors, which in this case, are four HP LP2065 1600x1200 pixel 20" LCD monitors. Continue reading "NVidia/FX1700 on HP xw8600 with Debian/AMD64 Lenny" »
Monday, October 27. 2008
NVidia/FX1700 on HP xw8600 with Debian/AMD64 Lenny
Friday, October 24. 2008
Debian Linux Password Recovery
Recovering a password in Debian Linux: in the grub boot screen where it is asking for a kernel to boot, press 'e' to edit. Append 'init=/bin/bash' to the kernel or linux option line. 'b' or F10 to boot. A root prompt should then ultimately appear. At the prompt, 'mount -o remount,rw /'. This remounts in read/write mode. Run 'passwd' to set the root password, or edit /etc/shadow and delete the root password field (not the line, just the field). Reboot.
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