Darkstar login
I've got a little problem
I install slack 9 successfuly but I can't boot from lilo which is on a floppy it asks me the darkstar login I wrote "root" without any passwd (I think it was like that) but I've got: Incorrect login. I tried with my own slack login which I chose at the beginning of the install result is the same:( Does anyone have an idea :Pengy: |
Why did you install lilo on a floppy??
From what you have posted, it seems you are booting off a floppy, and not from your hard disk. I am afraid you'll have to re-install Slackware 9.0. Either that, or try booting off the HDD, and not the floppy. |
Are you dual booting(windows + Slackware)?
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Yes i'm dual booting
and I install lilo on a floppy coz my father doesn't like linux very much :) Reinstall it is not a matter (I did that a lot by this time for a lug) but I'm really astonished: neither on the lilo floppy nor on the bootdisk the login "root" doesn't work. U've got an idea so tha I can boot on this computer from a floppy Thx |
I have almost no experience with dual booting.
My only suggestion would be to install lilo(LInuxLOader) into the Master Boot Record. Then add a section to lilo to boot windows as well. This way you don't need to use the floppy. This might be more helpful. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi.../2000/11/1/218 |
Onto the MBR?
uh I don't want to crash the W$ And I don't know how to add a section to boot W$ as well. That's quite dangerous :) quite strange this matter with the login... I reinstall slack and it made it as well Pff... :( |
Umm, you've got your Slack CD right? And when the CD just starts you get a line where you normally enter:
install so you just run for example, if the Linux system were on /dev/hda1: bare.i root=/dev/hda1 noinitrd ro so you just change /dev/hda1 to the disk where you have slack and here you go. You booted the system. And I strongly suggest that when you boot up run: liloconfig and configure your lilo so that it would write itself into the MBR. Well, hope this helps! |
Hé hé wonderpun I tried this this afternoon
same result: incorrect login. I thought that the more I do the more the login is incorrect I understand nothing but I'm very disapointed:I reinstalled it twice result was the same :o Yes writing that on the mbr, I'm afraid of delete the W$ one :) If someone as a suggestion or idea, I was thinking just to reinstall lilo on the / partition to see. |
you can restore MBR with windows start up floppy using command
fdisk/mbr in linux (not sure ) try as root /sbin /lilo -u and windows will bot without problem I think if you can login lilo are all right try login as root and later write the root's password witch you choised during install. Sorry for english |
I boot on lilo
but I can't log in :( That's my matter. do u think from here I can log in root(I don't pass the darkstar login. I'll try. Thx |
Boot of your CD (rescue-mode ;}) and
mount the linux-partition with /etc read-/ writeable and just edit /etc/passwd /etc/shadow to be passwordless for root... Cheers, Tink |
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