On Sun, 2007-03-25 at 00:06 +, Paul Sladen wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, Colin Murphy wrote:
> > On Sat, 2007-03-24 at 15:11 +, Paul Sladen wrote:
> > > On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, Colin Murphy wrote:
> > > > I recently had a corrupt HD on my Dapper desktop system
> > > The prompt only occurs if
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, Colin Murphy wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-03-24 at 15:11 +, Paul Sladen wrote:
> > On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, Colin Murphy wrote:
> > > I recently had a corrupt HD on my Dapper desktop system
> > The prompt only occurs if a root password *has been set*.
> BUT - the 'recovery' prompt I r
On Sat, 2007-03-24 at 15:47 +, Leon Barker wrote:
> On 24/03/07, Colin Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > fallback of DSL on a USB key, but I couldn't think of a Ubuntu way of
> > getting around this problem.
>
> You could have also used the Ubuntu LiveCD.
>
It is true, if a CD drive had
On Sat, 2007-03-24 at 15:11 +, Paul Sladen wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, Colin Murphy wrote:
> > I recently had a corrupt HD on my Dapper desktop system and had a prompt
> > thrown at me for the 'root password' by the minimal rescue system
>
> The prompt only occurs if a root password *has be
On 24/03/07, Colin Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> fallback of DSL on a USB key, but I couldn't think of a Ubuntu way of
> getting around this problem.
You could have also used the Ubuntu LiveCD.
Leon
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On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, Michael Wood wrote:
> Colin Murphy wrote:
> > What is the approved way of working in this rescue situation without a
> > root password?
> I've set my root password by doing "sudo su" then passwd
If people are going to set root passwords, then *please remember them*.
Ubuntu
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, Colin Murphy wrote:
> I recently had a corrupt HD on my Dapper desktop system and had a prompt
> thrown at me for the 'root password' by the minimal rescue system
The prompt only occurs if a root password *has been set*. Out of the box,
Ubuntu is configured to use 'sudo' and
Colin Murphy wrote:
> I recently had a corrupt HD on my Dapper desktop system and had a prompt
> thrown at me for the 'root password' by the minimal rescue system to
> allow me to do fsck and stuff.
>
> I did try the password for my Admin user but this didn't work.
>
> I was able to get things star
I recently had a corrupt HD on my Dapper desktop system and had a prompt
thrown at me for the 'root password' by the minimal rescue system to
allow me to do fsck and stuff.
I did try the password for my Admin user but this didn't work.
I was able to get things started again because, luckily, I ha
