Re: debian install [OOPS!]
Raymond:
In item (2), don't press Alt-F1 to get to the second screen, type Alt-F2. Sorry,
that minor typo could cause you all sorts of headaches.
I think the rest of the post is factually correct.
Marc
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Marc Mongeon <mongeon@bankoe.com>
Unix Specialist
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"It's such a fine line between clever and stupid."
-- David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel of "Spinal Tap"
>>> "Marc Mongeon" <Mongeon@bankoe.com> 10/15 4:29 PM >>>
Raymond:
Here's what I'd try:
1. Boot with the Custom Boot Floppy. Try logging in as root with no password
(just hit <Enter> at the "password:" prompt). Then try every reasonable permu-
tation of what you think is your password, keeping in mind that case is import-
ant to Unix.
2. If (1) doesn't work, boot with the Rescue Floppy. At the "Boot:" prompt,
type "root=/dev/hda1" (if your root partition is /dev/hda1; do you remember
how you set it up during the first install?). This should get you to the first screen
of the install process. Now type Alt-F1. You should be at a terminal screen with
a "#" prompt. Do you remember being prompted during the install whether you
wanted to use shadow passwords? If you chose to use shadow passwords, now
type "vi /etc/shadow"; otherwise, type "vi /etc/passwd". What you're doing
here is editing the password file. You should see a line that looks like this:
root:<a bunch of letters here>:0:<a bunch of other stuff>
Delete the stuff between "root:" and ":0" (don't delete the colons, though). If
you don't know vi, here's a crash course: use the arrow keys to position the
cursor over the first character after the first colon. Type "x" until all of those letters
have disappeared. Type ":wq". When you type ":", a colon appears at the bottom
of the screen; "wq" means "write and quit". OK, you've deleted the root password,
so you should be able to login as root after you re-boot. Now type "shutdown -h now".
Wait for a message that says "System halted". Put in the Custom Boot Floppy and
re-boot the computer. Can you login as root with no password now?
I hope all that made sense.
Marc
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Marc Mongeon <mongeon@bankoe.com>
Unix Specialist
Ban-Koe Systems
9100 W Bloomington Fwy
Bloomington, MN 55431-2200
(612)888-0123, x417 | FAX: (612)888-3344
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"It's such a fine line between clever and stupid."
-- David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel of "Spinal Tap"
>>> raymond ferrari <rferrari@rainmanintl.com> 10/15 4:04 PM >>>
Marc: it was in access that I had the problem. Prior to me going into that screen, I
had picked std. workstation. Do I have to use Access and pick one listed here. This is
where I picked multi_cds.by accident(I was actually using a single cd picked up at
Linux World). I cannot boot into Linux with my Boot Magic loader. It starts to load
Linux but stops with an underline cursor, and freezes. I have to then shut off my
machine. Cntl./alt/del won't work.
Should I be using my Custom Boot Floppy or the Rescue Floppy. I can login as user when
I put the Custom Boot Floppy in, but it won't accept root. I wrote down my root
password, so I know I have it right. Is there a way I can check on my password for
root, to make sure the second time I inputted the password it took it right? thanks
for your help. ray ferrari
Marc Mongeon wrote:
> Raymond:
>
> First device on second controller is /dev/hdc. Can you boot Linux at
> this point? If so, just log in as root and run dselect again. Make sure
> your access method is correct, skip the select phase, and go right to
> install. If you can't boot Linux, you should probably just start the install
> from scratch-- sucks, I know, but things always go more smoothly the
> second time around :).
>
> Marc
>
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> Marc Mongeon <mongeon@bankoe.com>
> Unix Specialist
> Ban-Koe Systems
> 9100 W Bloomington Fwy
> Bloomington, MN 55431-2200
> (612)888-0123, x417 | FAX: (612)888-3344
> ----------
> "It's such a fine line between clever and stupid."
> -- David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel of "Spinal Tap"
>
> >>> raymond ferrari <rferrari@rainmanintl.com> 10/15 2:19 PM >>>
> The last couple days have been going thru a new install with win95 on
> the machine. Everything proceeded great...slow paced...and methodical
> until I got to dselect. I decided to use a profile(std workstation) but
> wanted to look in dselect to check it out. I went to 'access' and
> somehow I must have picked multi _ cds because the next screen asked me
> to put in a CD and specify /dev/cdrom. This is where I got stuck and
> could not go anywhere. I tried dev/hdb1. It recognizes the CD iso9660
> just can't mount. I tried mount and other commands I could find under
> the cd-rom how to. My CD-ROM is internal, NEC 3001A 17x-40x. During
> setup, I used "the first ? on the secondary controller. This seemed to
> work fine. I had to do a cntr/alt/del and I was able to get back to
> windows. I am using Boot Magic to dual boot. How do I get back to where
> I was; installing the packages? so I can finish with my installation. I
> tried to cold boot with the custom floppy I made but won't let me in as
> root. I know I have to signed in as root to use dselect. I am really
> looking forward to getting this part behind me. Thanks for all your
> help.Ray Ferrari.
>
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