How do i get to the prompt after booting from bootable cd. do i have to type 'linux expert' or something like this to get on to the prompt where i could mount the partitions and nano that /mnt/whatever/grub/grub.conf and put a hash infronTof the line that is starting with 'PASSWORD'. I hope this is whatyou meant. Okie now one more thing just let me know two more things

I would personally use LILO as my boot loader of choice. Use this command [/b] linux text[/b] instead of linux expert.