is there any way to become root off the fedora6 live cd?

my installed version is not working (kernel panic) and I was going to see if I could fix things (fsck)? using the live cd that came with my book...however there was no option to set up a user apart from a regular user duging its bootup...is there a way to become root on this live cd? thanks in advance.

Simply open a terminal window and issue the command:

su - root

There is no password.

I type su - root

(su space dash space root)

It DOES prompt me for a password and when I hit enter it says password incorrect

hmm..unless I am missing something you just CAN'T become root...kind of a waste of a live cd if you ask me...unless of course I am doing something wrong which is quite possible.

Try sudo su -

(Don't know a thing about FC)

thanks, I tried that command and then after it asked for a password I hit enter...it did not say password failed but it did not give me the ablity to run commands as root...so I really don't know what it did...boo hoo

http://samfw.blogspot.com/2005/12/lv...scue-mode.html

Assuming that you selected an automatic install of Fedora which creates an LVM by default. If you did not use LVM then your root partition will be mounted at /mnt/sysimage. You should be able unmount and run fsck. Booting the 1st install CD into rescue mode will allow you root permissions.

I just confirmed - I booted the FC6 livecd, and there is no password set for root. What disk are you booting?

Originally Posted by macemoneta I just confirmed - I booted the FC6 livecd, and there is no password set for root. What disk are you booting?

well its from my book the fedora 6 and red hat enterprise bible..has the linux dvd, a live install fed 6 cd and a extra's cd as well. perhaps it is because the cd is from a book not a download? during install it never prompts for a password for root just to set up an ordinary user. then it will not let me switch to root...honest abe...

Originally Posted by michaelk http://samfw.blogspot.com/2005/12/lv...scue-mode.html Assuming that you selected an automatic install of Fedora which creates an LVM by default. If you did not use LVM then your root partition will be mounted at /mnt/sysimage. You should be able unmount and run fsck. Booting the 1st install CD into rescue mode will allow you root permissions.

thanks for the info...before I begin...do I actually need a cd? or can I do this off the dvd? also I guess this would be easiest if possible...is there any way to instruct fed6 to check all the file systems during bootup and fix any errors found? that way I could just enter a few commands and then reboot...sorry I know these are newbie questions but..well I am one...