Comments on: How to reset root password of my Fedora Linux system using GRUB http://www.techpulp.com/blog/2008/11/reset-root-password-of-fedora-linux-using-grub/ The pulp of technology Sat, 12 May 2012 22:10:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Neo http://www.techpulp.com/blog/2008/11/reset-root-password-of-fedora-linux-using-grub/#comment-12 Neo Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:29:11 +0000 http://techpulp.com/?p=248#comment-12 You should usually see GRUB menu by pressing any button before GRUB starts loading the Linux. It depends on the GRUB configuration present in your system. I haven't used Fedora 11. But you can see the value set for timeout field in "/etc/grub.conf" file. For example, In Fedora 10, the timeout is set to 5 seconds by default. So GRUB wait for 5 seconds for you to press any key before loading Linux. [root@techpulp]# grep timeout /etc/grub.conf timeout=5 [root@techpulp]# If you don't want to bother about this timeout value at all, you can start holding down the "Down Arrow" key at BIOS itself until you see GRUB menu. On the other hand, if you want GRUB to display the boot menu always, you need to comment the "hiddenmenu" line in "/etc/grub.conf" file. You should usually see GRUB menu by pressing any button before GRUB starts loading the Linux. It depends on the GRUB configuration present in your system. I haven’t used Fedora 11. But you can see the value set for timeout field in “/etc/grub.conf” file.

For example, In Fedora 10, the timeout is set to 5 seconds by default. So GRUB wait for 5 seconds for you to press any key before loading Linux.

[root@techpulp]# grep timeout /etc/grub.conf
timeout=5
[root@techpulp]#

If you don’t want to bother about this timeout value at all, you can start holding down the “Down Arrow” key at BIOS itself until you see GRUB menu.

On the other hand, if you want GRUB to display the boot menu always, you need to comment the “hiddenmenu” line in “/etc/grub.conf” file.

]]> By: phdung08 http://www.techpulp.com/blog/2008/11/reset-root-password-of-fedora-linux-using-grub/#comment-11 phdung08 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:48:05 +0000 http://techpulp.com/?p=248#comment-11 But with Fedora 11, I cannot find the menu by press any key!!! But with Fedora 11, I cannot find the menu by press any key!!!

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