Re: fedora question

M Wright <Home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

In article <icoddd3jvh.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dan Espen
<daneNO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
Glen <fgo124@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

In article <j9v0hYGDaeTHFwYP@xxxxxxxx>, Home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
In article <17Wdne0brYaYLdDanZ2dnUVZ_ofinZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>, General
Schvantzkopf <schvantzkopf@xxxxxxxxx> writes
On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:38:45 +0000, M Wright wrote:

Hi Guys
Thought I would give fedora 8 a spin
Downloaded a dvd image from the fedora project site

However after bootup it asks me for a username and password During the
instal I was asked to input a password for the root directory but that's
not what it wants?. Any ideas Many Thanks

I tried Google but drew a Blank

Later

M Wright

The root password is for the root account. The username and password are
for your working account.

Hi
Yes I understand that, The trouble is, it is asking for a username and
password that I have not seen before, guess their must be a default one
, can't find anything in the manual either, you can't just
hit <return> either ,

Oh well back to XP I guess :=(

TYIA

Later

PAY ATTENTION!
Per a previous post that you ignored or misconstrued: "The root password
is for the root account. The username and password are for your working
account."

The system wants you to choose a user name and password for YOURSELF.
Do so and keep on truckin'.

Well, after reflection, MSXP, MSDOS, or whatever, might be a better bet
for you.

Maybe MSDOS, but I'm pretty sure by the time you get to XP it asks
the same questions during the install.

I was never asked to create a password during the instal, apart from
the root one that is.

I have been involved with PC's since Dos 6.22 right up to XP

If it doesn't ask you to create a user account it should.
I can't say with certainty that I've installed XP but I've
done W2K Professional quite a few times and I believe it asks
for a user account or at least gives you the opportunity to create one.

The Fedora 8 install may reject overly simple passwords and usernames
with spaces, etc.
.

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