Initializing hardware (new problem)
Robt C Parrish Sr.
linuxnewbie at comcast.net
Tue Nov 10 05:51:10 UTC 2009
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick O'Callaghan" <pocallaghan at gmail.com>
To: <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: Initializing hardware
> Fedora 12 has not been released yet (though it will be very soon). What
> you're trying is one of the prerelease versions. These are discussed on
> fedora-test-list.
I knew it was a prerelease but simply assumed everyone on this list would
know that.
> If you're uncertain, wait a few days for the official release, then try
> the LiveCD version to make sure your hardware is supported. If all goes
> well then either install from the LiveCD or the full DVD.
I forgot that I could install from the LiveCD so I stuck that CD in.
Everything seemed to be going well until I got to the point of partitioning.
The LiveCD wouldn't let me format the /boot and / partitions as ext3...it
forced a ext4 format. I went back and tried the regular CDs using the ext4
filesystem. I still got the same error msg and went back to the LiveCD.
The installation went perfectly. After all was set and done I booted into
Fedora. When I got to the Login I tried to login as root and got an
"Authentication Failure" message. In other words, it wouldn't let me log in
as root (yes I used the correct password). It would only allow me to log in
as a user. I know I can use 'su' to switch. I can't think of a specific
situation at the moment as to why but I would like the ability to log in as
root.
Robt C Parrish Sr
Linux Newbie
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