Trying to set up new Acer One Z1402 notebook - asking for root@localhost and not sure what to do
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Trying to set up new Acer One Z1402 notebook - asking for root@localhost and not sure what to do
Hi, I'm very new to Linux. just moved to Thailand from the states and bought this Acer one z1402-C9JR notebook. Turned it on and it's asking me to enter a command line script. Looks like this:
[root@localhost ~]#
I'm not sure what to put. I have tried "startx" and it says command not found.
Not very tech savvy... can someone please help walk me through this??
From the "fc" I'm guessing Fedora but it's only a guess. The graphics system is not installed.
Try these commands
Code:
yum
Code:
dnf
Code:
apt-get
and immediately exit. If one of the first 2 is found then you probably have Fedora. If it responds to apt-get you probably have Debian or a derivative.
Then you can go to the relevant forum for help. Note that it seems your machine has enough oomph to run any distro so you can always start fresh - but check first.
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