Why is the installation password so easy to guess?
Some of the items on our operating system installation menus will ask you for a password. This password is always the word “risky” and is not really intended to be a password and provides no security. The purpose of requiring you to type this is solely to decrease the likelihood of your proceeding to the next step accidentally or absent-mindedly and causing data loss on your server. The menu items that require you to type “risky” are the ones that in our opinion are more likely than others to damage existing data on your server’s disks. It is in fact possible to bypass the password prompt, by using grub’s “e” command. Also, note that menu items that do not require you to type “risky” may also, if not used with sufficient care, cause data loss on your server.
