Do a re-boot, telinit 6 or reboot and when the lilo boot:
thing comes up type linux 1 and then press enter or return
and it will come up into a single user mode, after which
you can delete inside of /etc/passwd the part that lists
root's password, then reboot and try to log in as root again,
and don't put in a password, just press enter, then
change the root's password to the one of your choice.
On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, kiriakos mewed:
> 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)
> >
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