On 08/23/15 16:10, rowan wrote: <<>> > Copying /etc/shadow and /etc/password from another system to the > Raspberry allowed me to log in. The root partition created from other > instructions was too small and any attempt to update caused it to run > out of space. Created another partition using remaining 56GB and > mounted as /var, updating now but will take hours. > > Thanks for your help. > . my help was not solution, but you are welcome anyway. ;-) i am glad to see that you did get it working and your solution. later on i hope to be getting 3 rpi. 1 to play with, other 2 to put into service as a wifi repeater so i can have wifi in all of my back yard when i am lazing in the sun. right now i only have coverage for 10' from house. i plan to set the 2 up with 'corner reflector' antennas. i pointed to inside of house feeding other pointed to back yard. such works with amateur and commercial 2 way radios, so it should work with wifi. btw. in noting how thunderbird 'long lined' what it was quoting i am wondering, does that happen often? have you tried <ctrl+r> to quote properly? -- peace out. If Bill Gates got a dime for every time Windows crashes... ...oh, wait. He does. THAT explains it! -+- in a world with out fences, who needs gates. CentOS GNU/Linux 6.6 tc,hago. g . -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org