On Sat, November 15, 2008 6:34 pm, M. Fioretti wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to do a minimal install F9 x86_64 from the dvd. I selected
the bare minimum set of packages (base system, 330 total) and went on
with
> installation as usual.
>
> The last message I got from Anaconda was:
>
> "no kernel
On Sat, November 15, 2008 8:28 pm, M. Fioretti wrote:
>
> Now grub does boot the f9 kernel, but when I get to a console login and
> type root, it doesn't prompt me for the password. It just clears the
> screen and gives me the login prompt again.
update: booting in single user mode and setting a
M. Fioretti wrote:
> On Sat, November 15, 2008 8:28 pm, M. Fioretti wrote:
>
>> Now grub does boot the f9 kernel, but when I get to a console login and
>> type root, it doesn't prompt me for the password. It just clears the
>> screen and gives me the login prompt again.
>
> update: booting in sin
On Sat, November 15, 2008 11:18 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> M. Fioretti wrote:
>> I get the login prompt, type root, after a few seconds I get the login
>> prompt again, the pc never asks for a password.
>>
>...
> Dumb question - what is root's shell set to in /etc/passwd?
>
> # grep root /et
