I haven't used 2008.1b1 yet so forgive me if I am a little off. By default, <200X.X would give you a prompt whereby you type passwd and set the root password to a known value.
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 12:49 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm unable to log in as root on the installer OS for 2008.1_beta iso. > > I see nothing telling me what the root password is but the installer > prompts me for a username and password. When logging in as root > fails I'm eventually logged in as user `gentoo' but can do none of the > things necessary to create an install. > > This seem pretty ridiculous so I'm pretty sure I'm missing some note > or something. > > Starting the install with or without framebuffer appears to make no > difference in the end result. > > I get a sorry little xfce desktop with no way to get to a root > terminal. > > How can I ditch the sorry little desktop and use text mode and get > logged in with the necessary root premissions? > > There is a `help' option on the boot screen but when I select it I get > a very fast scroll thru a massive file then jumps back to login > screen. Absolutely useless for any help. > > This install is inside a vmware as guest so maybe some of this works > better in a normal install... I hope so. > > -- > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
