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Old 09-11-2012, 03:32 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by stangri View Post
Oh, from my trial and error, as soon as you overwrite the rootfs with an image from another device, your root password (as reported by Sir Alex's KindleDiags) will no longer work. The root password of the device which you made image from should work tho.
Which you can correct by coping the "root" line from the old /etc/shadow to the new /etc/shadow file.
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