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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoregon.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!psgrain!iafrica.com!ticsa.com!cstatd.cstat.co.za!aztec.co.za!not-for-mail From: gram@aztec.co.za (Graham Wheeler) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Making an emergency boot disk Date: 13 Sep 1995 14:38:26 +0200 Organization: Aztec Public Access Internet Lines: 14 Message-ID: <436jc2$jai@aztec.co.za> NNTP-Posting-Host: aztec.co.za Hi BSDers I have inadvertantly locked myself out of a FreeBSD system, by making SKey passwords mandatory on the console without having set up SKey passwords for users. I tried to fix this by booting off a floppy with the intention of mounting the hard drive - unfortunately the boot floppy insists on going through the install process and won't allow me to get a shell. Anyon know a quick fix - either getting a shell off the (FreeBSD 2.0) install disk, or making a boot floppy which boots to a root shell or login? Thanks in advance Gram