[SOLVED] "Give root password for maintenance or press CTRL+D to continue" problem enter root password
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It started booting and checking one of my sdcard partitions but it didn't finished.
And I received that message.
I entered the root password and nothing happened!
In Slackware I already experienced the same problem with fsck. And I use a Slackware Install USB pen drive.
In SlackwareARM I removed the card and made the fsck in other computer using a micro SD card reader.
I think the problem is that the keyboard layout is not configured at the time. And because of that I can't enter my root password correctly.
I notice that you're Portuguese. Presumably you use a native keymap, but at this stage the startup scripts are expecting a standard US keyboard. I can think of two possible ways round this:
1) Set the console keymap to be US but use Portuguese in X, where I assume you do most of your work.
2) Learn the US mapping of your root password and use that.
I notice that you're Portuguese. Presumably you use a native keymap, but at this stage the startup scripts are expecting a standard US keyboard. I can think of two possible ways round this:
1) Set the console keymap to be US but use Portuguese in X, where I assume you do most of your work.
2) Learn the US mapping of your root password and use that.
No because that is not an official Kernel parameter (linux-x.x.x/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt): it's set as a helper for the installer.
Also the key map is not loaded by rc.keymap until rc.M - fsck is run in rc.S.
You could boot back in to the installer to fix this.
No because that is not an official Kernel parameter (linux-x.x.x/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt): it's set as a helper for the installer.
Also the key map is not loaded by rc.keymap until rc.M - fsck is run in rc.S.
You could boot back in to the installer to fix this.
Ah, my bad. I must admit I've got installers on the brain lately.
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