On Friday 13 October 2006 07:31, Peter Hillier-Brook shared this with us all: > I've just installed Testing on an old 800MHz Pentium III. The > installation seemed to go fine until the final 2 steps: I wasn't clear > why a shell was invoked and then, having exited the shell the only > option left was to abort the installation. > > Booting the new installation went well until the request for a user and > password (in the GUI - Gnome I assume). Either the user, or the password > was not recognised both for root and the default user I had created > during the install. > > My question is; is there any recovery option other than a re-install? I > have several live CDs and Knoppix comes up fine, although grml doesn't. > > Thanks for any advice. > > Peter HB
I had this same problem with testing [Etch] The installer didn't finish. I also didn't use the option to install any software, just the base system. So I just turned off the computer and allowed it to boot. What I did then was:- login as root Here are my notes:- 1. Typing # passwd I got it to ask me to type a password. Followed the prompts 2. Created a user, and the password for that as well. 3. Had to add the /etc/hosts file by hand:- 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 4. Also the /etc/network/preferences file:- # Used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8). See the interfaces(5) manpage or # /usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples for more information. # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback 5. The /etc/hostname file:- [with hostname if required] Rebooted to have it all come together.............. 6. Then started the package selection, which I prefer to do on my own..... apt-get install through the command line while still logged in as root:- HTH Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Our poetry now is the realization that we possess nothing. Anything therefore is a delight, since we do not possess it, and thus need not fear its loss. -------------------------- JOHN CAGE *********************************************** Debian Etch ___________________________________________________________ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]