Darren Smith wrote: > Hi I know this sounds silly but Ive installed linux debian and everything went very > well i thought but I came to the end when I hit a login prompt which i thought i had > written login and passwords down but its not working.Can you help me please.
Boot from your installation media, but don't install. Use ALT-F2 to select the other virtual console giving you a root terminal. Use that mount your new system and to set a new password there. Example commands below. Note "example" as you will need to change your commands accordingly. ALT-F2 mkdir /new mount /dev/hda1 /new chroot /new /bin/bash passwd root exit reboot Note this question would be better asked in debian-user and not debian-cd. Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
