At 03:07 PM 5/9/98 +1000, you wrote:
>Well, I just got Red Hat 5.0 installed and configured. Went really
>smoothly, just exited windows into dos mode, put it the CD and typed
>autoboot and that was it. Linux picked up all my software (except the SB16
>sound card which I can always install later as it is supported).
>
>However! When I restarted the machine it asked me for my ID to which I
>typed 'root' and my password. Then I got the message: [root@localhost
>/root]# and I can't go any further. Nor can I find anywhere in the ondisk
>doco's what sort of input I'm supposed to give it. Can anyone enlighten me
>please?
The prompt root@localhost IS linux. You are in a shell (kinda
like a Dos shell only more powerful).
What are you trying to do ? If you want to run XWindows, you
need to install the X windows package (kinda like installing
windows, only more difficult). Then to start it you run startX or X.
It should tell you exactly what you have to run to start it.
>One thing was particularly enjoyable - installing thru dos and then using
>Disk Druid to totally wipe out the previous windows partitions, both 95 and
>NT. Now there's just Linux on the box. Now if it will only let me in. . . .
As I said, you are in.
>help!
>
>Regards
>
>franko
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