Quote Originally Posted by translator
Thanks Stephen, but I didn´t get very far alas. I opened the console window and typed su, but I do not know the root password. I did indeed have to choose a password during the installation, but this is evidently not the "root" one, because it was rejected. Nor did simply hitting the enter key help. Is there a default password and what is it? The section on passwords in the online help was useless.
You had to choose two passwords during install on for root and one for the user knoppix. So when you login as user knoppix use the one you choose for root in the console window.