ran into a few snags.

1. I boot into -s (notice the error- "Firewire unable to determine security mode; defaulting to full-secure.")


2. I enter '/sbin/fsck -fy'


3. I enter '/sbin/mount -uw /'


4. I enter 'passwd root' (prompts for new password, although when I type it displays no characters- after 'enter', i am prompted to retype it and again no characters appear)


5. I enter 'touch /var/db/.AppleSetupDone'


I then reboot, and i still cannot change the password. As you can tell I'm a total novice, but is there any way you can help? Thanks.