On March 13, 2004 01:41 pm, Joseph Szikora wrote: > Hi: > > I am a new Linux (Mandrake 9.2) user,
Congrats! > switched from OS/2 Warp4, > because it is now very hard to find OS/2 drivers for the newer hardware. > Consequently, I have a lot to learn. So for this reason I'd like to join > the CLUG and hope to come to the next meeting. I am using and programming > computers since 1970. > > Right now my immediate problem #1. is that I lost or misspelled the > root password. My question is: do I have to reinstall again and to what > degree to create a new password or is there a way to recover the current > one? (I have /usr, /var, /home, /tmp partitions beside the root and swap). > You want to boot from your CD, and enter rescue mode. From there you will want to use the chroot command something like $chroot /rootpartition /bin/bash where rootpartition will be something like hda1, hda2 etc depending on which partition your root partition is on. From there type $passwd it should prompt you. Then reboot from HDD. > #2.: I have or will have a DOS and an OS/2 partition. When installing > LINUX I didn't have a chance to poin to those partitions in LILO. Is there > a way to include them later? Shall I rather use Boot magic for boot > manager? > theres a file, /etc/lilo.conf, modify it. Use google to find out how, cause lilo can do a billion things. Once its to your satisfaction, run /sbin/lilo to reinstall lilo with your new options. > #3: My Mandrake Linux won't recognize th HP5P network printer > connected to a D-Link router. Do I need to find a ner driver? > I have no clue :D > Any suggestion is very much appreciated. > Welcome to CLUG. > Cheers, > > Joseph. > > > > > > > ================================================ > Joseph Szikora > Calgary, Alberta, Canada > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (NEW!!!) > Aliases: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *************************************************************************** >** Note: We will change our E-Mail address from sprint.ca to telus.net. > ====================================================== > > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca -- Nick W (nickw77 at shaw.ca) Registered Linux User #324288 (http://counter.li.org) MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo: foolish_gambit ICQ: 303276221 It's not our fault, we're outnumbered by stupid people ten to one. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
