morphix-user

Re: [Morphix-user] Installing Morphix/Accessing Floppy

[Alex de L. <al...@de...>]

Questions are answered on-list, not off-list :)

On Fri, 2004-09-24 at 22:07 +0000, Don Parris wrote:

> Guess I got in a hurry. ;) =20
>=20
> Ques. #2 - How to write something to a floppy disk if I'm on the bootable=
 CD.  I cannot give myself write permission for the floppy.  I guess I need=
 to be "root" for that, but M-G won't accept a password - at least not any =
I could guess at.

http://www.morphix.org/modules/xoopsfaq/index.php?cat_id=3D5&#q6

mount /floppy could work too though, don't remember actually.

> I'll be sure to give that a shot.  If I tell cfdisk to format ext3, do I =
need to use that when I return to the installer, or can I change to Reiserf=
s without causing more grief?

Do choose ext3. the 0.4-1 installer had problems when installing to
anything else. What you try after installing is all up to you.

> I'm new to Debian-based distros, so bear with me.  I tried to install Deb=
ian, but couldn't manage to get through the package selection process.  O.k=
., it wasn't an official Debian set, but I think I just didn't quite grasp =
the process.  I'm used to being able to select my packages graphically.

Reading the friendly manual tends to help :)

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Re: [Morphix-user] Installing Morphix/Accessing Floppy

[Don P. <eva...@ma...>]

O.k.  Here's the real problem with the floppy drive access.  The drive 
actually wasn't conected properly - don't know how that wire came 
loose!  Anyway, I can now only access the floppy by using:
mount /devfd0 /mnt/floppy (as root)

The system claims that /mnt/auto/floppy doesn't exist.  Can I attach the 
fstab file for you to look at?

Alex de Landgraaf wrote:

>>My bad - hit reply w/out realizing how it was addressed.  Thanks for 
>>your patience.
>>    
>>
>
>no problem.
>
>  
>
>>O.k.  I got Morhix-Gnome on the hard disk, but the useradd seems to be 
>>failing at install time.  When I reboot, I get to the login screen, and 
>>cannot login as either root or my regular userid.  I know the passwords 
>>are correct.  I noticed that after the installation, when I logout of 
>>the CD-based Morphix, it shows some error messages to the effect of 
>>"useradd command not found".
>>    
>>
>
>Ouch. By the looks of it the regular user wasn't added (and possibly the
>root users password wasn't enabled). Was the partition large enough for
>the install? You could try setting the password by hitting shift at the
>lilo prompt and entering 'linux init=/bin/sh'. This should boot and give
>you a console right away with which would allow you to set the password
>manually... although I do find this a very strange issue you're having.
>
>  
>
>>I don't see anything on the Wiki about this.  Should I be doing 
>>something after the installation completes  - or is there anything I can 
>>do to overcome this issue?
>>    
>>
>
>the complete install log (morphixinstaller -d or the terminal output)
>might give more clues. I'm not sure what's happening, you might want to
>try a forum search if others have had similar issues.
>
>cheers,
>Alex
>
>  
>

Re: [Morphix-user] Installing Morphix/Accessing Floppy

[Alex de L. <al...@de...>]

On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 01:08 -0400, Don Parris wrote:
> O.k.  Here's the real problem with the floppy drive access.  The drive=20
> actually wasn't conected properly - don't know how that wire came=20
> loose!  Anyway, I can now only access the floppy by using:
> mount /devfd0 /mnt/floppy (as root)

:)

> The system claims that /mnt/auto/floppy doesn't exist.  Can I attach the=20
> fstab file for you to look at?

Sure, but I don't think it would be very useful. Automounting has been
modified quite a bit in the pre-releases. Thanks anyway though.

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| Phone: 06-16844084           |                                   |
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Re: [Morphix-user] Installing Morphix/Accessing Floppy

[Don P. <eva...@ma...>]

Alex de Landgraaf wrote:

>Questions are answered on-list, not off-list :)
>  
>
My bad - hit reply w/out realizing how it was addressed.  Thanks for 
your patience.

O.k.  I got Morhix-Gnome on the hard disk, but the useradd seems to be 
failing at install time.  When I reboot, I get to the login screen, and 
cannot login as either root or my regular userid.  I know the passwords 
are correct.  I noticed that after the installation, when I logout of 
the CD-based Morphix, it shows some error messages to the effect of 
"useradd command not found".

I don't see anything on the Wiki about this.  Should I be doing 
something after the installation completes  - or is there anything I can 
do to overcome this issue?

Thanks,
Don

>On Fri, 2004-09-24 at 22:07 +0000, Don Parris wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Guess I got in a hurry. ;)  
>>
>>Ques. #2 - How to write something to a floppy disk if I'm on the bootable CD.  I cannot give myself write permission for the floppy.  I guess I need to be "root" for that, but M-G won't accept a password - at least not any I could guess at.
>>    
>>
>
>http://www.morphix.org/modules/xoopsfaq/index.php?cat_id=5&#q6
>
>mount /floppy could work too though, don't remember actually.
>
>  
>
>>I'll be sure to give that a shot.  If I tell cfdisk to format ext3, do I need to use that when I return to the installer, or can I change to Reiserfs without causing more grief?
>>    
>>
>
>Do choose ext3. the 0.4-1 installer had problems when installing to
>anything else. What you try after installing is all up to you.
>
>  
>
>>I'm new to Debian-based distros, so bear with me.  I tried to install Debian, but couldn't manage to get through the package selection process.  O.k., it wasn't an official Debian set, but I think I just didn't quite grasp the process.  I'm used to being able to select my packages graphically.
>>    
>>
>
>Reading the friendly manual tends to help :)
>
>  
>

Re: [Morphix-user] Installing Morphix/Accessing Floppy

[Alex de L. <al...@de...>]

> My bad - hit reply w/out realizing how it was addressed.  Thanks for=20
> your patience.

no problem.

> O.k.  I got Morhix-Gnome on the hard disk, but the useradd seems to be=20
> failing at install time.  When I reboot, I get to the login screen, and=20
> cannot login as either root or my regular userid.  I know the passwords=20
> are correct.  I noticed that after the installation, when I logout of=20
> the CD-based Morphix, it shows some error messages to the effect of=20
> "useradd command not found".

Ouch. By the looks of it the regular user wasn't added (and possibly the
root users password wasn't enabled). Was the partition large enough for
the install? You could try setting the password by hitting shift at the
lilo prompt and entering 'linux init=3D/bin/sh'. This should boot and give
you a console right away with which would allow you to set the password
manually... although I do find this a very strange issue you're having.

> I don't see anything on the Wiki about this.  Should I be doing=20
> something after the installation completes  - or is there anything I can=20
> do to overcome this issue?

the complete install log (morphixinstaller -d or the terminal output)
might give more clues. I'm not sure what's happening, you might want to
try a forum search if others have had similar issues.

cheers,
Alex

--=20
/------------------------------------------------------------------\
| Alex de Landgraaf            | The cure for boredom is curiosity |
| Student AI & CS, VU, A'dam   |  There is no cure for curiosity   |
| Phone: 06-16844084           |                                   |
| GPG: http://www.alextreme.org/key_alex.asc    /'-'\              |
| www.alextreme.org & www.morphix.org          ( o o )             |
\------------------------------------------oOO0--(_)--0OOo---------/

Re: [Morphix-user] Installing Morphix/Accessing Floppy

[Don P. <eva...@ma...>]

Alex de Landgraaf wrote:

>>My bad - hit reply w/out realizing how it was addressed.  Thanks for 
>>your patience.
>>    
>>
>
>no problem.
>
>  
>
>>O.k.  I got Morhix-Gnome on the hard disk, but the useradd seems to be 
>>failing at install time.  When I reboot, I get to the login screen, and 
>>cannot login as either root or my regular userid.  I know the passwords 
>>are correct.  I noticed that after the installation, when I logout of 
>>the CD-based Morphix, it shows some error messages to the effect of 
>>"useradd command not found".
>>    
>>
>
>Ouch. By the looks of it the regular user wasn't added (and possibly the
>root users password wasn't enabled). Was the partition large enough for
>the install? You could try setting the password by hitting shift at the
>lilo prompt and entering 'linux init=/bin/sh'. This should boot and give
>you a console right away with which would allow you to set the password
>manually... although I do find this a very strange issue you're having.
>
>  
>
Seems strange to me as well.  Anyway, here's what I did:
At LILO - linux init 1
at init 1 - enter for maintenance
su root
passwd (gave myself a new password)
at GDM allowed myself to login as root
added regular user (too lazy to do it in console mode :)
Taa daa!!!

Thanks a mil!  I now have a Debian GNU/Linux system up and running!  I'm 
sure I'll have other questions, but for now, I'm lovin' it.

Don
Potentially a former Mandrake/SUSE user

>>I don't see anything on the Wiki about this.  Should I be doing 
>>something after the installation completes  - or is there anything I can 
>>do to overcome this issue?
>>    
>>
>
>the complete install log (morphixinstaller -d or the terminal output)
>might give more clues. I'm not sure what's happening, you might want to
>try a forum search if others have had similar issues.
>
>cheers,
>Alex
>
>  
>