GG....lose the paranoid security, become normal. Alan kiriakos wrote: > > Well thank you all guys, but 7.0-2 didn't do it for me. I did as Alan > suggested , that is I made a floppy from a cdrom.img of 7.0-2 version > and I still got the error message that I need 1180 megs and the / > filesystem is not sufficient. I managed to install the packages by > reducing the package size slider to like 1001 Megabytes, thinking I > could add more later if I needed to, and it seemed to work. > > Ok, packages installed and everything, installation says succesfully > completed. When the system reboots, I CAN'T LOGIN as root!!!. But I CAN > login as a regular user. > > I'm 100% sure I'm typing the root password right. is the root user named > anything else than 'root' maybe? > > If it means anything, I've set the security level to paranoid, upon > installation. Do I have to type something extra? And what about LILO, it > asked for a password too, which I provided, and upon boot it just works > without asking a pass or anything. Could these two passwords (root and > LILO) be related in some way? > > Another problem I'm having is that I set the console to 80x60 > characters, and it still shows 80x25 or something, with the added > problem that when the prompt reaches the bottom of the screen I cannot > see what I type, and in fact I have to press Enter 2-3 times and then > what I typed shows up finally. > > I'm thinking I'm not smart enough for Linux and maybe I should drop it. > I'm sorry for asking all those questions, but I have no manuals at hand > to look into for more info. If someone could point out a complete > comprehensive Linux manual/resource/tutorial online, I would appreciate > it. I will try looking at the Mandrake web site for more info too. > > GG > > Tony wrote: > > > > Nothing in this world is certain except death & taxes so they say, I never > > used 7.0 but it was quickly updated because of problems (no personal > > experience) > > If you have cdr then burn a copy of 7.0-2 iso which can be found via > > Mandrake site-- lots of ftp sites/mirrors carry it, use a utility like > > Cuteftp or Getright that supports resuming, the image is approx 650+ , if > > you download to hard drive then use Rawrite to make hd bootdisk, turn off > > Pnp in Bios and go from there, if you burn a cd then turn off Pnp in Bios > > and reset boot option to Cd first and go from there, hope this is not too > > detailed and superfluous. > > "Weave a circle round him thrice, > > And close your eyes with holy dread, > > For he on honeydew hath fed, > > And drunk the milk of paradise." (The linux user) > >
