Still have problems to login(change password) in new Dell netbook.

[Karl F. Larsen]

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Luis Maceira wrote:
> The advice I received on this list to solve the above problem all depend of
> getting into the GRUB prompt,which is not possible with this netbook,so far.
> So,I cannot change the password that I do not know(I cannot do administrative
> tasks),even pressing ESC when booting I cannot get the GRUB prompt.
> In this netbook I sequentially see:  MBR...
>                                      GRUB loading...(I guess it is loading
> because the process is so fast that I hardly see it)
>                                      Starting Up...
> 
> I tried to press ESC when I see(and way before!)GRUB loading...but no
> results.It seems not available the GRUB prompt.
> 
> In the BIOS there is an option to change the user password but is grayed
> not active.The boot options only show the devices to boot and diagnostics.
> So,essentially I cannot acess Recovery(or Rescue) Mode.
> 
> 
>       
> 
	What your saying can't be right! When Grub comes up it gives you a
certain number of seconds to decide which to start. So it appears that
Grub is NOT coming up.

	Part of what you say is you want to work with what BIOS has been set
to. This MIGHT be what you want and if so it is often the Delete key
held down while you turn on the laptop that drops you into BIOS. Also on
my laptop I reset the time it waits for the delete key to 6 seconds. It
looks funny but I'm 74 years old and getting slower...


	Do you expect Grub to come up?

73 Karl





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