login to 5.3 livedvd

[Stephen Isard]

Hello,

I've downloaded livedvd_SL53_2009-03-23.iso and it works fine when I 
boot it with the "failsafe" command.  However with "linux [options]", I 
don't get a chance to set a password and all attempts at login are 
rejected for either sluser or root.  I've tried the "pw=" and "nopasswd" 
options, but they seem to have no effect.  I'm just taken straight from 
the keyboard choice screen to the login screen, rather than being asked 
to choose a password as I am with "failsafe".  Has anyone else seen this 
behaviour?  Is there something else I should be doing?

In case it matters, the machine in question is an IBM Thinkpad x31 
laptop with an external usb dvd drive.

Stephen Isard