[Novalug] Getting Fedora 11 to work

[Charles M Howe]

Nick,

Thank you VERY MUCH for your reply. I got to the BIOS but didn't do
anything -- will do that later. But I was able to set the root password
and was able to use su when I signed on as chasmhowe.

Charlie

On Sat, 2009-10-24 at 20:37 -0400, Nick Danger wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:55:37 -0400
> Charles M Howe <cmhowe at patriot.net> wrote:
> 
> > Huge embarrassment. While I have no recollection of choosing one on
> > Oct 10, I must have. If anybody has a suggestion, please say. But I
> > expect to have to reinstall.
> 
> If you are running something like Fedora, then you have a root
> password. And you want to type "su -" and enter the root password. If
> you are running Ubuntu, try typing "sudo /bin/bash" and entering YOUR
> OWN password. 
> 
> If you forgot either your own password, or the root password, we can
> reset them. You dont need to reinstall. Restart the PC. When you get
> the boot menu, press "e" which will let you edit the boot string. At
> the end of the long list of stuff, type "single", then enter. this will
> boot into single user mode.
> 
> > Trying to do so leads to the next problem: When I put in an install
> > DVD it doesn't recognize it. I dredge up from memory that I have to
> > interrupt the bootup sequence so as to edit the BIOS. I am able to
> 
> Well, thats kinda important. You say "Doesnt recognize it" as if you
> are in your linux desktop, put in your CD/DVD and it never comes up?
> That could mean you have a bad disk, but I'm just guessing. Here are a
> few things to try though;
> 
> 1) when you boot, some machines give you a "press [F12] to boot menu"
> or something similar. Pressing that key will let you chose the cd/dvd
> to boot from. 
> 2) if you dont get that option, press whatever you need to get into the
> bios (F2, or DEL usually) Look for 'Boot Selection' and move the CD/DVD
> drive to the top of the list.
> 
> If you want more step by step, let me know what you are running and
> what kind of PC it is. I'll see if I cant do a little step by step to
> get you what you want.
> 
> Nick
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