On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 4:38 AM, anuraag chowdhry <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi > I have SL6.1 and the moment , the second stage Grub presents the Kernel > selection Menu, Pressing A ( for appending) and then a spacebar and then > typing single , pressing ENTER , ultimately prompts me the root password > after booting. > > is the behaviour not different here.? Have you checked these notes? http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/ResetRootPassword > The system should boot in single user mode , it does but then it asks for > root password for maintenace.or press Ctrl-D to continue. If it's really mucked up, you ight use a live CD such as: ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/livecd/62/ > > i tried typing '1" or "s" instead of single , but still it prompts for the > password. > > my kernel is 2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.i686 > > Any comments will be much appreciated. > > Br// > Anurag.