Give root password for maintenance

[sokolum]

OK, installed BT4 Pre, system shut-downed unexpectedly and didn't set root password yet. After rebooting the system wants to do a fsck, ok, but it's asking for the root password for what isn't set yet. I understood you have to set a root password. I tried toor as root password.

Now i am stuck every time i start the system, it persists to do a fsck, but also asks me for the root password. Is there a way to bypass the request?

[Gitsnik]

Reinstall it so you have a known good base system, as it is you may have corrupted something along the way.

[sokolum]

Reinstall it so you have a known good base system, as it is you may have corrupted something along the way.

I found another to resolve when YOU didn't set root password:

1) reboot PC
2) press ESC to start-up GRUB
3) change the startup lines and add as first:

init=/bin/bash

and then boot the system. It worked for me.

edit: typo

[Gitsnik]

I found another to resolve when YOU didn't set root password:

1) reboot PC
2) press ESC to start-up GRUB
3) change the startup lines and add as first:

init=/bin/bash

and then boot the system. It worked for me.

edit: typo

Yes but that would be breaking into the system, which is different from ensuring that you have a known clean baseline to work with.

[Archangel-Amael]

OK, installed BT4 Pre, system shut-downed unexpectedly and didn't set root password yet. After rebooting the system wants to do a fsck, ok, but it's asking for the root password for what isn't set yet. I understood you have to set a root password. I tried toor as root password.
Now i am stuck every time i start the system, it persists to do a fsck, but also asks me for the root password. Is there a way to bypass the request?

If you have a user installed on the system then you could probably use sudo to gain root privelages to move forward. I would suggest you follow the advice of Gitsnik though.