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.