Re: [Xen-users] resetting lost root password on a xen guest

To:	Steven Timm <timm@xxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [Xen-users] resetting lost root password on a xen guest
From:	Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:12:30 +0000
Cc:	Liam Kirsher <liamk@xxxxxxxxxxx>, xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Steven Timm wrote:

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007, Liam Kirsher wrote:

Steven, why do you write "being sure to fsck it afterwards" ? Is that
important?

I don't have much experience with Xen but I did see an
error like you described below, and after making it a point
to fsck domU file systems after I unmounted them from dom0
I haven't seen the problem again.

Steve Timm

It's a belt and suspenders tactic from the older days of filesystems,when fsck was part of every reboot and when booting form CD didn'texist. It can't hurt, and it can help prevent a really laborious fsck atboot time when no one is around to type the root password at the console.

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