On Sun, 05 Sep 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> (1) There I was, in the wee-small-hours of Sunday morning, after a VERY easy
> installation process during Saturday, happy and contented. I decided that my
> root password was not 'secure' enough and changed it on my new system. Another
> 'obvious' password, so, naturally, I didn't write it down! That's not secure!
> Sunday afternoon, I went back to the system...
>
> Can I get back inside the system without a complete re-installation?
> The only saving grace is that it is a NEW, NEW, NEW system with 'nothing to
> lose'.
>
At the LILO prompt, type "linux 1" and that should put you into
"single-user" mode where you can change the password again, then
reboot. :-)
>
> (2) What would be the process for getting an oldish,
> full-length controller card in this machine? (**as well as** the
> SCSI)? I have to describe the cards... they have two ribbon
> cables to the drive, a wider one and a narrower one, and the
> controller can handle two drives... so is it old IDE or even ESDI???
>
Hmm...sounds like RLL or MFM, both of which were "old" about 10 years
ago... I'd ditch 'em. Do you have any sort of model number and
manufacturer? Maybe you could look it up that way and find out
EXACTLY what it is?
>
>
> (3) Having told the installation that I had a 256k video
> controller, I find it's a 1M card. How do I change the system
> without a complete reinstallation (assuming that I don't have to
> reinstall to clear the root password snafu...) and,
>
Easy...re-run /usr/X11R6/XF86Setup or just type "setup" from the main
"root" prompt and choose video setup. :-)
