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From: "Patrick O'Callaghan" <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: Initializing hardware
Fedora 12 has not been released yet (though it will be very soon). What
you're trying is one of the prerelease versions. These are discussed on
fedora-test-list.
I knew it was a prerelease but simply assumed everyone on this list would
know that.
If you're uncertain, wait a few days for the official release, then try
the LiveCD version to make sure your hardware is supported. If all goes
well then either install from the LiveCD or the full DVD.
I forgot that I could install from the LiveCD so I stuck that CD in.
Everything seemed to be going well until I got to the point of partitioning.
The LiveCD wouldn't let me format the /boot and / partitions as ext3...it
forced a ext4 format. I went back and tried the regular CDs using the ext4
filesystem. I still got the same error msg and went back to the LiveCD.
The installation went perfectly. After all was set and done I booted into
Fedora. When I got to the Login I tried to login as root and got an
"Authentication Failure" message. In other words, it wouldn't let me log in
as root (yes I used the correct password). It would only allow me to log in
as a user. I know I can use 'su' to switch. I can't think of a specific
situation at the moment as to why but I would like the ability to log in as
root.
Robt C Parrish Sr
Linux Newbie
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