This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00F6_01C1D1B0.E5CE33F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have two machines with Linux running and I am a complete newbie to = Lunix. Really a newbie, assume nothing about any prior knowledge. I = need only one machine to learn more about Linux. One is running just = fine, the other is another story. I cannot login. I do not know the = password for this machine and need to log in to the machine since I want = to install a different OS. Is there a way to get to the area where I = can login and start to install the new OS? Thanks. Jack ------=_NextPart_000_00F6_01C1D1B0.E5CE33F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable