Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: "Hervé" <herve-news-mi@×××××××.fr>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 2006.0 install
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 13:45:37
Message-Id: 1155994684.8352.24.camel@srf-01-0002
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] 2006.0 install by Martin S
1 I don't know if i translate your Email correctly,but to set the password
2 of root with "gentoo livecd" the cmd is :
3 ...$ sudo passwd
4 After you can used su to obtain the root privileges.
5
6 Hervé
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8 Le samedi 19 août 2006 à 07:02 +0000, Martin S a écrit :
9 > I am having problems installing Gentoo 2006.0. The computer has
10 > partitions and data I want to save.
11 > Whenever I try to install (using the LiveCD) I get as far as entering
12 > the root password but when the actual installation is about to start
13 > the installation dies. Using the cli it simply quits, using the
14 > graphical thing I get "failed to set root password".
15 > Any suggestions (other than "use the minimal CD")?
16 >
17 > Regards,
18 >
19 > Martin S
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Re: [gentoo-user] 2006.0 install Martin S <shieldfire@×××××.com>