The Linspire LIVE CDs won't do installs, they're only good for running the OS from the CD, usually to check your hardware configuration to make sure its "safe" to do an install off the regular CD.
The "regular" Linspire CD also has the LIVE feature of running from the CD, it doesn't write to the HD in that mode.

"To login as an administrator (not recommended), you would use the login name "root" (no quotes) and enter the root password--the "do not forget" password you first entered. "

I never got a "Do not forget" password...

I also never picked a username..

I forget if it asked for my name...but if it did ..i wouldve put ... "Mike Cusano"


I tried typing root as user..and no pass...and it said something was unsecure...hmm

one guy on that other thread said to do this...

select failsafe boot option and set it to init s
this will allow to login without password but with root priviledges. run passwd
and enter root password

Now while still in single mode you can create user/password

You may have other problems later too since installation was evidently borked.


I dont understand what hes saying though...someone else said to reinstall using "ACPI disabled"

do i have to delete the old install before I try reinstalling...If i have to of course..

Thanks bro
-Mike

hehe another question <_<

Im confused upon which partitions to put as "/home", "/", and "/root" in the partiton setup in the install....

I have a 250 gig partitioned into 2 partitions..

The first partition is windows..

and im putting SUSE on the second partition which is "Ext3"

If you did not get any inquiries for a password, I suggest performing a new reinstall, since it seems that at least some things did not go right. You do not need to "delete" an old installation to do so. If you keep having problems, it is also possible that your download has errors. You can use the md5sum to check that.

ACPI means "Advanced Configuration and Power Interface." It is typically used with laptops and adds a layer of complexity to the install (that you do not see) that may be better left alone. Having ACPI disabled is a menu choice option given to you when you start an installation.

You do not put partitions into directories, it is the other way around. A partition is a segment on a hard drive that is dedicated to a particular group of files. One such group is / and that is the top directory in a Linux system. /root is the directory within which the root (administrator) account resides and /home is the directory in which your home account resides. If you do not understand how the directory system works, don't worry about it. It will become apparent as you use Linux. I recommend putting everything in one partition, as you are planning. Probably 80% of the people do this. The installation program will take care of creating and placing the various directories where they belong.

Ext3 is a file system--a way of putting the data on the disk. I recall SUSE uses ext3 by default.

I think i foudn what might be part of the problem..


First off, I had to install it in Safe Install the first time, because when i do regular, or Disable ACPI install, it doesnt make it past the "Finding Info File" line.

Also, when i try booting up SUSE...it says

Z: (/Dev/SDA5) Unexpected inconsistency; Run Fsck MANUALLY
exp. without -A or -P options.


It also says...


FSCK failed for at least one filesystem (Not /)
Please repair manually and restart.


Is their a reason it doesnt go past the finding INFO File on regular install?

FSCK is a file system checker. It is complaining that something has been formatted incorrectly, which makes sense, since you are having problems. If you can, I would try to wipe out the partition formatted with ext3 and start over. I cannot recall for sure, but I think that is an installation option in SUSE for doing that.

FYI, here is a brief summary on the command FSCK.

http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/linux/...sp?path=f/fsck

Let me add one thing: you are having more problems with your setup than normal. Is it possible that your hard drive is old and having problems? Another thing that can contribute to erratic hard drive behavior is a faulty or dying power supply.

Brand new 250 gig SeaGate Barracuda... bought it in the summer

Brand new custom computer...with a brand new power supply <_<

Any clue on why it wont find the "info" file on the regular install?

Thanks again bro..

err...i wonder...

when i first put the cd its says "cool computer, but you are running 32 bit software on a 64 bit computer...

that shouldnt matter..eh?

It is an amusing way for a lighthearted programmer to let you know the 32-bit system is not as desirable to run on a computer with a 64-bit processor. It will still work fine, though. For example, you can put Windows 3.1 (16-bit) on a 32-bit system and it will work OK as well--just within the limitations of that OS. Incidentally, I think the SUSE CDs are all 32-bit distributions only. The 64-bit versions are only available on DVD. (You can get 32-bit on DVD as well, of course.) I do not know the reason for this.

Just a thought--are you sure your BIOS supports a 250 GB hard drive? I recall people started running into a threshold at 137 GB a few years ago. The general solution was to upgrade (flash) the BIOS of the motherboard. Since your computer is new, that is not likely to be a problem, but you will want to check your BIOS to make sure the entire capacity is recognized.

Let me add that on more than one occasion, I have heard of new power supplies not being good. It is like they did not pass quality control or something.

I think the problem might be in the setup..

When it asks for partitioning setup, I have no clue on what to put.

SDA1
SDA2
SDA3
SDA4
SDA5
SDA6
SDA7

I dont know what to set as "/" "/home" "/boot" etc.

If i use the reccomended settings it doenst install...

The line "Delete SDA6" is higlighted red in the recomended partition settings.

hmm..should i post what it gave me for the recomended settings for the partition setup?

I do not know how you got there, but it is becoming apparent that you need to read up on partitioning or you will never get where you need to go. (I mean no offense, I was once there as well, so I know this can be a bit overwhelming.) Therefore, I recommend going here and reading Slackware Linux Essentials.

http://www.slackbook.org/

I know that you are not trying to install Slackware, but it is the best description available (that I know of, anyway) regarding how filesystems and directories are set up. (Especially see section 3.3 Partitioning.) After reading for about an hour, the "lightbulb" should come on, and I think you will be in a lot better shape.

ok well, i did some reading about partitioning and filesystems.

It did help me understand the main concept..which I didnt grasp before. Thanks

The partitioning setup im talking about comes up during installation on the screen after you choose GRUB or the other one. It says my partitioning is wrong.

I typed out what it gave me for reccomended settings...heres what it said...


http://img190.imageshack.us/my.php?i...ontable7ph.jpg


Sorry about all this man, but you have been a huge help so far

Thanks man.

OK. Here is what that means (or pretty close).

/Dev/sda is your 250GB Seagate hard drive. sda shows that it is serial ATA. If it were parallel ATA, the drive would have a name like /Dev/hda.

/Dev/sda1 is the first partition of your "sda" drive. NTFS is the file system being used by Windows.

/Dev/sda2 is an extended (second) partition. The non-technical way of describing it is that this is the part of the drive "still available" to be used by something besides Windows.

/Dev/sda5 is probably going to be your swap file. Setting aside a GB or so for swap is a very good idea.

/Dev/sda6 is where it will install your new Linux distribution.

Based on this information (and not knowing anything else about your setup), if these are the recommended settings, it appears that the program has chosen a good way to partition your drive.

PS: Don't get worried that sda3 and sda4 are "missing." I suspect they are leftover empty partitions from your earlier attempts to install Linspire.