netbsd-help: Re: forgot root password?

Subject: Re: forgot root password?
To: Brett Lymn <blymn@baesystems.com.au>
From: Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl@beer.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 05/23/2000 05:12:30

blymn@baesystems.com.au (Brett Lymn) wrote:
 > Once the system is up in single user do this:
 > 
 > fsck -y /
 > mount -u /
 > 
 > to check the fs and then mount the / file system r/w. Depending on
an errant 'fsck -y' ate my /home a couple of weeks ago... I only ever
recommend 'fsck -y' when I know the filesystem is hopelessly hosed and
there's nothing I can do about it.... I don't mind typing "y<return>"
a few times....
granted, it ate my /home due to what was later discovered to be a bad 12ドル
scsi cable...