On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 09:18:38PM -0700, satya kumar wrote:
> This is the ninth consecutive week I have been working on trying
> to prepare 'linux on a floppy' and now, as I have already written
> previously,I have this problem.As soon as I enter the username as
> root and press enter the password prompt comes(previously this
> was also not coming,but after I added /dev/tty it appeared)and
> after I enter the password as in my /etc/passwd file and press
> enter this error is flashed login[45]: invalid password for
> 'UNKNOWN' on tty1 and then comes 'login incorrect'.Please tell me
> what could be the possibilities of this error.I was initially
> using /bin/login but it was giving problem thats why I am now
> using 'tinylogin' which is a utility available on Lineo.com and
> can be used instead of login.
It's really beyond me why you are trying to build linux-on-a-floppy
yourself when there are already so many similar projects available
(toms root/boot, for example). Download one of those and modify it,
don't try to start from scratch.
> Please try to help me out, otherwise I will go mad with it.I am just
> stuck.I am using redhat 6.2 .Tell me all the possibilities of this
> error even the silliest ones.Thanks in advance.
IMHO the silliest mistake was not doing a single net search on "linux
on a floppy" in all those nine weeks. Try Google and you'll get a
wealth of information.
Erik
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