I please need someone to help me! i just gotta a linux SuSE 7.1 CD and i installed it and everything when i rebooted it asked for a root password and i tried to type it but it would not let me! please help!

What do you mean it didn't let you? When you started typing did you get a message that said, "You can't do that"?

Do you mean the cursor didn't move as you typed? If the cursor didnt move thats normal. You will not see any * or anything as you type. Just type it, hit enter, type it again, and hit enter. You should be set. Unless I missing something that you didnt tell us...

you can reset the root passwd using the following:

-------------lilo boot---------------
just reboot your machine.if there is lilo boot loader then
enter linux init=/bin/sh and choose the default boot
you will get a shell this by default in read mode so change it to
"mount -o remount,rw /"
now execute "passwd" to reset the password
then execute "sync"
and never forget to remount "mount -o remount,ro /"

----------------Grub boot-----------------
if GRUB, hit 'e", then select the "kernel" line, hit "e" again, and add init=/bin/sh and. Press ENTER, and then "b" to boot. Then do the
you will get a shell this by default in read mode so change it to
"mount -o remount,rw /"
now execute "passwd" to reset the password
then execute "sync"
and never forget to remount "mount -o remount,ro /"