--- wren argetlahm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ~115000MB /foo). I did a series of `cp -dpR`s to just
http://www.hantslug.org.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?LinuxHints/OneDiskToAnother > It starts up fine from the first drive, and the kernal > starts up fine from the second, but when it comes to > the login screen I can only log in as root. For the > other accounts, after giving name and pass, the screen > goes black for a moment (monitor lights indicate > power-save mode) then it dumps me back to the login > screen. If I give a bad password I just get the usual > "can't authenticate" warning. Login as root, and run: /etc/init.d/rmnologin Then see if you can login as other users. > Also, when I'm logged into the second drive as root > trying to do `man` gives me a warning "can't create > temporary filename: Permission denied". (see the URL quoted above). This sounds like you haven't edited /etc/fstab on the bootable drive correctly. -- Thomas Adam ===== "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net "TAG Editor" -- http://linuxgazette.net "<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish you for all of them at once when you get better. The experience will probably kill you. :)" -- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical Editor) ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - sooooo many all-new ways to express yourself http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
