USB GENTOO :: no root password

[T@M]

Hej in the Forum

I have just installed Gentoo for the first time.
I have installed it on my USB like USB Gentoo 2007.0 install | USB Pen Drive Linux shows. This works, but, and there is a but. I have no root password, been trying to look around the net, but most of the help I cut get there seems Tecknobable to me.
Is there a way to set the root password, fx. by editing etc/shadow, how? Ive been looking at http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...-password.html and this seems good, but sinse its my first Linux Im sort of lost, PLZ: HELP!

The @ngel Man

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

Boot up in Single User mode ( add single at the end of kernel line in GRUB Menu ) and it will drop you at command line prompt. Execute passwd command and set new root password.

passwd

[T@M]

GRUB Menu wod bee "boot:", So I write "gentoo single"?
Still starts up with the "Welcome : Username" option.
And still asks for current password...

T@M

Ps. It say Authentication token manipulation error.
Pps. USBGentoo is the equivelent to the LiveCD

[devils casper]

You can reset password using LiveCD.

Let say, /dev/sda1 is /boot, /dev/sda2 is /.
Boot up from LiveCD, execute this

mkdir /mnt/gentoo 
mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot

mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/gentoo
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc
chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
passwd
exit