next phase is to get some user identities, and encrypted passwords. demo cd is ok as root, because you just shut it down, and it's history. but when put on the hard drive, some further configuration issues demand attention. i would like to format and use (mount i suppose?) the swap partition that i created.

btw, i ended up flashing my bios to the latest one, and the cd-rom boot issue seems to have been cleared up. i have duplicate systems, same cd drive booted all my cd's, and the one in question did not. i was lucky enough in locating the bios file (end of life equipt/ oem)- just had to dig a little harder.

After installing in hardisk
type
su
passwd root
new password <your new password>
confirm password <yournew password>
and your are goot to go
Thanks,

anjan, thank you- your advice worked.

is it possible to set up a user identity/ account/ password?

when logged in as su/ root, it appears that passwd, or root passwd are the same- at least they both state that new unix passwd created. i tried 2 different passwords, one for passwd root, and one for passwd- i'll try to login. something tells me that the passwd side of things needs some enhancements (how effective it is, i am not sure).


edit: one thing that needs improvement, is id rather have a log in at boot up, and type startx<enter> to get into the GUI. it's still pretty much like the demo cd, though some things are actually saved to the hard disk at this point. i'm still booting up, and using it as the root. i think the passwd is just a remnant, but lacks any effectiveness. i'd hate to create a password only to be fooling myself w/ false security.

Cheers

By default created user is
knoppix to change its password use folowing while you are root

passwd knoppix.

You may also create other user while you are root.Or from some config GUI

from command line

useradd -d <homedir> <login>

then change the passwd using passwd <login> like

if you wanna add my account in your box :-)
useradd -d /home/anjan anjan
passwd anjan
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To see complete options available use
man useradd
Thanks,

thanks again! i think i'm learning more w/ damnsmall, than any other distro so far.

another question i have, is how do i pull up my /home directory? perhaps this is basic, but using fluxbox, i really can't find a reference to this. perhaps this is due to being a demo distro??? i installed a piece of software that i can't open up. i used mozilla to locate the file, and open it up (it uses java to run), but it's not right in it's behavior. it's partially due the DC project not written for execution from a terminal. if it was, i'd have it running. unless of course i'm doing something wrong due to being a linux newbie, which isn't far from being possible???

edit: i did get some assistance w/ the DC project, and it was a strange need to cd / first before cd'g to the directory that holds the executable. got it running now.

just a heads up- damn small linux is not ready for prime time w/ a hard drive install. even the guy that created damn small linux states that you do it at your own risk. well i went for it, ran a DC project for 5+ days, and went to reboot to pull up the lan- forget about it- errors all over the place INIT "1", 2-4, ect, some thing about respawning. by the looks of it, it has to do w/ the x server, but i'm not really sure. i would like to get to my DC project data if possible, and send that in for credit. not sure how to mount the hdd.

this is what i did. first it's a p166, /dev/hda1 is dsl 0.4.2 on 540 meg hdd, and now i've slaved a second hdd, which is slackware 9.0 on /dev/hdb. currently using the swap space that i created on /dev/hda2. i had to do this, as the hdd that i installed slackware on is about 1.5gig. i reduced the size of the install, to get it to fit on the 1.5 gig hdd, and turned out to be about 1gig.
anyway, i'm trying to mount hda1 from hdb1. if it was mandrake, it would have hda1 listed under mount, which slackware does not. tried a bunch of terminal commands to mount the drive first, and locate the files w/o anyluck. i did set up a root password on damn small linux partition- not sure if this will be an impediment. other alternative would be to use the dsl demo disk itself to access the h/dev/hda1 partition. can anyone help bail me out? appreciate any constructive input- thanks in advance.

tried to boot up damn small 0.4.2, and some how managed to get to the desk top. ran the dc project briefly, and sent my completed WU in. there were comments in the terminal that shouldn't have been there, but i was able to use the terminal. i think i got lucky

Not sure how I missed this thread but it seems more logical in the Distro forum, so its been moved. Regards.

I cant figure out what root is, and i really need to get that damn password (no pun intended) for obvious reasons.
Can anyone help?

try at the damn small linux site. it's there:
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org

i mite have to try this

have an audigy card, says it found it but modprobe says
audigy module not found, have updated my apt, tried alsa, knx-alsa
moved the card, where can I find the audigy module and what folder does it need to be in? I have kernel 2.4.20-xfs, have dl'd the headers and source also, ran alsa config
for emu10k1 also, turned bios pnp off blah blah, i'm sure its something simple right?