Friday, May 24, 2019

Boot to safe mode to reset password not available

Ubuntu 11.10
Password to root was lost

Trying to reboot in safe mode to reset
Holding shift (left or right)
Esc
F1
None are effective during bootup.
No BIOS setting appear applicable.



All forums seem to indicate left shift should work. Any alternatives to boot into recovery/safe mode? Always more than one way to skin a cat on Linux...gotta love it. :)

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