Re: [fedora-arm] Running excat to install image on SD card

On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 5:36 PM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm@htt-consult.com> wrote:
>
> On 05/30/2014 05:26 PM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 08:19:13AM -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>>
>>> My setup here has an hdmo/vga adapter plugged into a KVM switch that
>>> limits me to 1024x768 thus I cannot see the bottom of the change
>>> root password screen to know what keystroke (can't mouse down to
>>> what is below the screen) to accept the password change.
>>
>> I always use serial cables with these ARM boards. A "CP2102" (search
>> for that on Amazon) cable will set you back a few dollars and save you
>> a lot of heartache!
>
>
> I do have one around here somewhere. Got to find it and figure out how to
> use it.
>
>

You may also attempt to mount the sd card on another machine and
surgically set the password in /etc/shadow.
(or any other post install config tasks)

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-Jon
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