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Unable to reset root Password on Brocade G610

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Applies to

Brocade G610

Issue

The procedure to reset the password is stuck at mounting the environment variables.
 
Example:
 

       scanning usb for storage devices... 1 Storage Device(s) found
*** badly formed bootargs in environment for GOS 0 ***
Hit ESC to stop autoboot:  0 
1) Start system.
2) Recover password.
3) Enter command shell.
Option? 3
Boot PROM password has not been set.
=> setenv bootargs 'root=/dev/sda$prt rootfstype=ext4 console =ttys0, 9600 quite single'
=> saveenv
Saving Environment to NVRAM...
=> printenv
.
.
.
.
=> boot
=> mount -vo remount,rw,noatime /
Unknown command 'mount' - try 'help'
=> mount -vo remount,rw,notime /
Unknown command 'mount' - try 'help'

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