Quoting Chris Mason ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I am using CorelLinux 1.0 and I tried using dselect to upgrade to unstable. > After all the packages were downloaded, and install started, there were a > lot fo errors somehting like "such and such is not owned by root". > I rebooted and not I get a login prompt but no password prmopt. I can't ssh > into the box and it's not on the network. > Short of trashing the installation what can I do?
First, if you're used to a graphical login, try a console one instead. Otherwise, boot a Debian rescue disk (which uses a ram root filesystem) and "mount previously initialised partition" which will mount them under /target. I don't know where you go from there, not having seen the state of the machine. Obviously you can change /target/etc/passwd and shadow, but you might have to edit something in the /target/etc/pam.d/* in potato as it uses PAM. (I take it you meant frozen/potato when you typed unstable/woody.) Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
