A few quick newbie questions...

[Thomas Cameron]

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From: "Pencilneck" <no-reply-gw at fcp.homelinux.org>
To: <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 11:22 PM
Subject: A few quick newbie questions...


> Using a 200GIG WD harddrive and VIA EPIA M10000 mini-ITX motherboard with 
> 512 megs of RAM....
>
> #1 - I do the install, no problems as far as I can tell, then it has to do 
> a reboot.  It gets to where it is then asking for a "username" in the 
> middle of the screen.  I don't have a username.  At some point during the 
> install it forces me to put in an admin name or something, but that 
> user/pass doesn't work.  Is there a way during the install to tell it 
> "hey, no freaking user/pass on this computer"?

Try the user name root, and whatever password you put in when you were 
prompted during installation.

> #2 - Want to do a dual boot between XP and Linux.  Do I partition the 
> harddrive first, then install XP, then install Linux?

That is the recommended method.

> This is all new ground to me (Linux and dual booting). While I'm not a 
> computer dunce, these two "issues" has me stumped.  Please use small words 
> and pretty pictures.
>

You should really peruse the docs at 
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/, especially the Step By Step 
guide.

Thomas