Hi, On Fri, 27 Dec 2002 15:05:41 -0500 (EST) Mark Copper <m.copper@wayne.edu> wrote: | Hi all, | | I bought a new hard disk for a machine running RH and since some of the | programs I need are dated I thought this would be as good a time as any to | make my planned changeover from RH to Debian. | Good :-) | Everything went as described in the Debian installation manual, section | 3.7, except for a couple of small points. For example, when I ran | base-config, I had no opportunity to add a new user. "adduser" (in console without "") | | I wouldn't mind doing it myself, but I'm a little confused about what | happens when I edit lilo.conf. If I change lilo.conf to something like | | boot=/dev/hdb5 | root=/dev/hdb5 | install=/boot/boot-menu.b | delay=20 # Specifies the number of _tenths_ of a second LILO should # wait before booting the first image. LILO # doesn't wait if DELAY is omitted or if DELAY is set to zero. | lba32 # Specifies the location of the map file. If MAP is # omitted, a file /boot/map is used. map=/boot/map | image=/vmlinuz # where your kernel (or link to kernel) is located) May be also /boot/vmlinuz if the kerenel is there as in RH. | label=Debian | read-only | I'm worried that the MBR is still on /dev/hda. (In fact, I think I | received a message to the effect I needed to install the Debian package | mbr on the disk). And that I'll make the system unbootable. | Don't forget to make a boot floppy !!!!! If you don't trust it, at the end of the install process, say NO to install lilo on the MBR and say YES to make a boot-floppy. After the install and a reboot with the floppy you can easely install lilo on the MBR at hda with for ex. the boot-manager from KDE. | I'm wondering if the new image, with a new /etc/passwd, knows the old | root password and if I'll be able to log on even if the new image does | boot. | ???? Root and his passw is still there with any image (kernel). | I'm trying to understand the lilo manual and I know similar questions have | come up here; nevertheless, I would much appreciate any pointers. | | Thanks. | | Mark | | | -- | To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org | with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org | -- Computers are like air conditioners, they are useless when you open Windows.
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