Re: [vox-tech] BLASPHEMY (i.e., removing Linux from a dual-boot system)

[Ken Bloom <kMAPSabloom@ucdavis.edu>]

On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 08:16:47PM -0800, Ryan Castellucci wrote:
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> On Monday 27 October 2003 07:59 pm, Richard S. Crawford wrote:
> > Well, now the damned computer won't even start.  I turn it on, and it
> > just runs 10 across the screen until I turn it off.  There is no floppy
> > drive on this computer, so a boot disk won't work; and I'm afraid I
> > couldn't quite figure out how to use Knoppix to deal with LILO (what
> > *is* the root password for a computer running Knoppix, anyway?).
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> I'm not sure what knoppix has the root password set to, but you can run 'sudo 
> bash --login' for a root prompt.
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Switch to one of Knoppix's text consoles to login as root. I think 
/etc/issue says what the root password is. You could also try a blank 
password if it doesn't say.

Knoppix shuts down as soon as you exit X, so you can't login as a root X 
user.

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