help with new OS
Jack Inyart
plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Fri, 22 Mar 2002 16:25:22 -0600
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Thanks for the response. My goal here is to have a machine (now running =
Linux and with an unknown password) with a new OS on it (will not have =
Linux on the machine when I am finished). I hope to install Windows =
2000 from the CD that I have here. My question is: Is there a way to =
boot from the new OS CD without knowing the password for the Linux =
system? Thanks. Jack
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From: lynn.newton@cox.net=20
To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us ; =
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Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: help with new OS
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I have two machines with Linux running and I am a complete newbie to =
Lunix. Really a newbie, assume nothing about any prior knowledge. I =
need only one machine to learn more about Linux. One is running just =
fine, the other is another story. I cannot login. I do not know the =
password for this machine and need to log in to the machine since I want =
to install a different OS. Is there a way to get to the area where I =
can login and start to install the new OS? Thanks. Jack
<<<<
If you mean you're going to install it from scratch,
then just blow it away. You install from a bootable
CD (usually).
If you mean you are upgrading the system from a prior release, you can =
probably still do that, although you might
have trouble mounting the filesystems after booting off the CD if you =
didn't shutdown cleanly, and you'll definitely
have a problem getting back on the system after the
upgrade. One way or another you or someone else has
to know the password. (There *are* ways around that,
but that's a discussion for another thread.)
Lynn David Newton
Phoenix, Arizona
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I have two machines with Linux running and I am a complete newbie to =
Lunix. Really a newbie, assume nothing about any prior knowledge. I =
need only one machine to learn more about Linux. One is running just =
fine, the other is another story. I cannot login. I do not know the =
password for this machine and need to log in to the machine since I want =
to install a different OS. Is there a way to get to the area where I =
can login and start to install the new OS? Thanks. Jack
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<DIV><STRONG>Thanks for the response. My goal here is to have a =
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system? =20
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<DIV><BR></DIV>>>>><BR>I have two machines with Linux =
running and=20
I am a complete newbie to Lunix. Really a newbie, assume nothing =
about=20
any prior knowledge. I need only one machine to learn more about =
Linux. One is running just fine, the other is another story. I =
cannot=20
login. I do not know the password for this machine and need to =
log in to=20
the machine since I want to install a different OS. Is there a =
way to=20
get to the area where I can login and start to install the new =
OS? =20
Thanks. Jack<BR><<<<<BR><BR>If you mean you're going =
to=20
install it from scratch,<BR>then just blow it away. You install from a =
bootable<BR>CD (usually).<BR><BR>If you mean you are upgrading the =
system from=20
a prior release, you can probably still do that, although you =
might<BR>have=20
trouble mounting the filesystems after booting off the CD if you =
didn't=20
shutdown cleanly, and you'll definitely<BR>have a problem getting back =
on the=20
system after the<BR>upgrade. One way or another you or someone else =
has<BR>to=20
know the password. (There *are* ways around that,<BR>but that's a =
discussion=20
for another thread.)<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Lynn David Newton<BR>Phoenix,=20
Arizona<BR>
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is running just fine, the other is another story.</STRONG><STRONG> I =
cannot=20
login. I do not know the password for this machine and need to =
log in to=20
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way to=20
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OS? =20
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