On Mon, 2022-04-04 at 08:21 -0400, Noah Sombrero wrote: [...] > Iso written to usb stick. debian-11.3.0-i386-netinst.iso This is not related to your password problem, but did you meant to install a 32-bit OS? For 64-bit you would want the 'amd64' flavour of the installer not 'i386'. (Note, the 'amd' in amd64 is a historical artefact as AMD first produced chips with a 64-bit 'x86' ISA and Intel later also used it). -- Tixy