Kod:You will need putty (or HyperTerminal) as well a null modem cable - connect your dm with a serial/null cable to pc with power off - connect putty and use serial option (change serial port speed in putty to 115200) to connect to your dm and hit open -If using Hyperterminal set com port properties to: Bits per Second=115200 ;Data bits=8 ;Parity=none ;Stop bits=1 ; Flow control =Xon/Xoff - turn on dm and you will see a few messages during boot process Dreambox DM500 loaded at: 00500000 0060016C avail ram: 00501000 02000000 - hit control x repeatedly until the boot at the following prompt... Linux/PPC load: type (of course without quotes "") "console=null root=/dev/mtdblock5 rootfstype=squashfs ro console=ttyS0,115200 single" and press enter at this point I received the error [Can't open /proc/bus/dbox.sh] but just ignore it. once you are at the bash level ( / #) type "mount -t jffs2 /dev/mtdblock/1 /var" and press enter now type passwd -----------------------you should see the following screen--------------- Changing password for root Enter the new password (minimum of 5, maximum of 8 characters) Please use a combination of upper and lower case letters and numbers. Enter new password: Re-enter new password: passwd[19]: password for `root' changed by user `root' Password changed.