paulrbarnard
01-20-2005, 03:54 PM
I have the
"Apparently, however, in some versions of Knoppix, if you type 'sudo -s', it will ask for a password. If you simply press return without entering anything, it will tell you 'Authentication Failed."
problem.
I have a notebook with no floppy or CD. I have used Knoppix on another computer to Netboot the notebook and that all goes fine and dandy. I now want to execute the installation script to get Knoppix onto the HD. I need to be root but root won't play. su, sudo, root terminal etc all fail. I have tried 2.4 and 2.6 kernel. The download checks out and root works fine on the server PC.
Anyone got any ideas? I seem to be somewhat stuck at this point. I'm using 3.7, has anyone done this with one of the other releases? if so whch one should I try.
Thanks
"Apparently, however, in some versions of Knoppix, if you type 'sudo -s', it will ask for a password. If you simply press return without entering anything, it will tell you 'Authentication Failed."
problem.
I have a notebook with no floppy or CD. I have used Knoppix on another computer to Netboot the notebook and that all goes fine and dandy. I now want to execute the installation script to get Knoppix onto the HD. I need to be root but root won't play. su, sudo, root terminal etc all fail. I have tried 2.4 and 2.6 kernel. The download checks out and root works fine on the server PC.
Anyone got any ideas? I seem to be somewhat stuck at this point. I'm using 3.7, has anyone done this with one of the other releases? if so whch one should I try.
Thanks