First off the search facility does not seem to be working at Debian.org just now, so I could not check there...I did check the mail archives but they also seem to be handicapped. Oh Well! Here's the problem... I wanted to try some new installation techniques doing them completely off the internet. Yes it is possible :-) I also wanted to install the new (unstable) system to an ext3 file structure. Everything went according to plan until I started to reboot from the newly installed disk. The kernel loaded O.K to the console screen but then I could not log in as root. I also noticed the the system hostname seemed incorrect. I can deal with the hostname but the root login problem has me stumped. I removed and added a new user from my host system using chroot and mounting the new file system. I then 'very brightly' (read as brain fart) decided to do the same with root....and that really screwed it. I welcome any suggestions as to how to get the root superuser reinstalled. -- John
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