[hunterwey]

Hey I was wondering how do I logon as root.

Ive tried reading in a couple of sections here and they are not helping me.

[devils casper]

execute 'su -' in terminal/konsole to gain root privileges.

su -
nano /boot/grub/menu.lst

you can use vi or kate instead of nano.






Casper

[hunterwey]

after using GRUB and kate command.

i changed the root(hd0,0) to (hd0,5)

I then saved and restarted when i pressed windows i got this error

root(hd0,5)

File System type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
Make Active
Error 12: Invalid device requested.

Any Comments on this

When i Mapped it did the same thing.

Thanks for the help

[hunterwey]

Originally Posted by hunterwey

after using GRUB and kate command.

i changed the root(hd0,0) to (hd0,5)

I then saved and restarted when i pressed windows i got this error

root(hd0,5)

File System type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
Make Active
Error 12: Invalid device requested.

Any Comments on this

When i Mapped it did the same thing.

Thanks for the help

I think i know what I did i accidently formatted the hda5/ it was late last night, so if there is anything i can do suggest it otherwise im reinstalling windows xp tomorrow then mandrake, unless you suggest any other linux's for a beginning user.

[wingruntled]

Originally Posted by hunterwey

im reinstalling windows xp tomorrow then mandrake, unless you suggest any other linux's for a beginning user.

Hunter
I'm having real problems with Mandriva/Mandrake myself.
The package is not user friendly. I had to read two pages of why you should not be able to log into root before they even gave a clue as to how to do it. This was right on the Mandriva Club site
I'm moving on to a professionally written OS. I'm hoping Suse will be a little more complete. Not just a bunch of bits and pieces thrown into a pretty graphical box.

[devils casper]

I think i know what I did i accidently formatted the hda5/ it was late last night, so if there is anything i can do suggest it otherwise im reinstalling windows xp tomorrow then mandrake, unless you suggest any other linux's for a beginning user.

post the output of 'fdisk -l' command. let see what did you change.
i dont think its a big problem. this thread stretched too far coz a few things were not clear. ( Lilo --> GRUB ).

Originally Posted by wingruntled

I'm having real problems with Mandriva/Mandrake myself.
The package is not user friendly. I had to read two pages of why you should not be able to log into root before they even gave a clue as to how to do it. This was right on the Mandriva Club site
I'm moving on to a professionally written OS. I'm hoping Suse will be a little more complete. Not just a bunch of bits and pieces thrown into a pretty graphical box.

distro choice is a personal matter. all have pros n cons. try several and check which one is the best for you.






Casper