i just want to format the hard drive so i can start all over is there a way to do this in knoppix? i tried format /dev/hda but it doesnt work. please help.
Thanks On Apr 8, 2005 12:40 PM, Victor Gvirtsman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brandon Richards wrote: > > >ok here is the deal i have another really nice laptop with windows xp > >on it. i tried to dual boot into windows and debian and it wouldnt > >let me into debian. so i tried to put windows back on. while in the > >process of doing this something locked up and i rebooted. now it wont > >let me install anything. when i try to boot into windows it locks up > >at the windows screen then reboots. when i try to boot into dos it > >locks up at the mup.sys file. i have googled the mup.sys file and it > >gives me crap. so i made a knoppix cd. it will let me boot into > >knoppix, but i dont have any privileges as i dont know knoppix's su > >password. i want to install debian but dont know how to. when i boot > >into knoppix and run partition image i get three different drives in > >the menu. i know what two of them are but cant figure out the third > >and it wont let me do anything as i am not su. please help any way u > >can. > > > >thanks, > > > >brandon > > > > > There is no root password on knoppix . just type su and you are root. > Or boot "knoppix 2" wich will give you text mode and login as root with > no password > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
