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@ -40,10 +40,15 @@ There must be a way to fix this without having to reinstall the machine.
#### Tips
<details>
<summary>Spoiler warning</summary>
Your GRUB configuration is causing this!
Luckily by default GRUB offers a *recovery mode* in it's *advanced options*.
This will drop you into a shell where you can fix the configuration file I messed up.
</details>
### Broken Machine 3
Not `htop` again!
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#### Tips
<details>
<summary>Spoiler warning</summary>
I said *by default* before no?
Well, here the *recovery mode* is missing so you'll have to find a way to override the `init` parameter of GRUB so you can get a shell to fix what I messed up.
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### Broken Machine 4
I forgot my password...
@ -63,10 +73,14 @@ I forgot my password...
#### Tips
<details>
<summary>Spoiler warning</summary>
Overriding the `init` parameter in GRUB is a classic Linux hack.
If you have physical access to a Linux machine you can gain `root` access with the following method.
The easiest way to protect a machine form this attack is to do full disk encryption or to set a GRUB password.
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