sure, if you need to copy something from the CDROM then can you do that
with linux? all you have to do is mount the drive first, I can explain
that if you want. You really should get the password for root,
regardless of what you need to do. If you can't ask the guy then
you'll need to boot into single user mode from a boot disk. The message
"cannot open display" is what you get when you try to run an X-windows
program from the command line, I don't know why dosemu would report this;
how do you start dosemu? did you type "dos".
hope this helps...
On Thu, 25 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I have already typed in dosemu, but if I am not mistaken, the error msg
> was "cannot execute display" or something like that. basically i can't do
> anything much as i could not login as the root. i bought the computer
> from a guy (whom i have lost contact with), and as long as i can't login
> and enter his password, i will keep getting error msgs like
> "access-denied" etc etc. if you can help me, just tell how to get a
> common c:\ prompt or how to change the drive to D:\ because i need to
> copy something from my CD drive. thank you.
>
> On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, UNIXMAN wrote:
>
> > Hi, maybe I can help you with getting to know how to use dosemu. What is
> > it that you're trying to do?
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 24 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > Hello
> > >
> > > I am running a linux HD release 5.0 (Hurricane) Kerner 2.0.32 on an i586.
> > > I want to know how to get the common dos prompt like C:\ or D:\ because I
> > > want to do some copying files and stuff like that. Pls let me know.
> > > Actually the linux HD is new for me, and I am kind of learning how to run
> > > it. It would be more helpful if you can provide me with the relevant
> > > websites. Thank you.
> > >
> >
>
