Concerning login you may have to use the word root then if you wish make
yourself a "user account" name. Use this account name to login. However,
anyone NOT root has limited access over system control and
configuration. This is because Linux (UNIX) is a network OS.
Sam
dan riebs wrote:
>
> Let's see, I've gotten through the part where I use the Linux version
> of FDISK, which insists on changing the boot sector of my Windows 98
> drive, refusing to load on the D: drive I installed specifically for
> Linux.
>
> I've gotten through the part where the root directory name doesn't just
> start with "/", the only name it can have is "/". (You should make that
> alot more clear in the diagnostics during setup.)
>
> Now I've gotten Linux-Mandrake 5.3 to load exclusively on my /hdb/, and
> it loads when I boot with a Linux boot diskette. I even remember my
> password.
>
> What do I use for a login? I don't remember being asked for a login
> name, and now I can't get into the system without one.
