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Ken Heard wrote, in part:
> Thank you both for these suggestions. Before doing a new installation I
> shall try them and report back with the results.
Just in case anyone is still interested in the problems I encountered
when trying to install Squee
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Walter Hurry wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:20:03 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
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>> Walter Hurry wrote:
>>> I don't know what finnix is, but if it allows you to mount and access
>>> the Debian filesystem, then here is one way:
>>>
>>> Boot into finnix.
>
Walter Hurry wrote:
> I don't know what finnix is, but if it allows you to mount and access the
> Debian filesystem, then here is one way:
>
> Boot into finnix.
> Become finnix's root.
> Mount the Debian partition containing /etc.
> Edit Debian's /etc/inittab.
> Look for the line under # What to
On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:25:50 -0400, Ken Heard wrote:
> Since writing the last paragraph of my post earlier today:
>
>> Not only that, but also I after closing the computer and rebooting I
>> was unable to install *any* operating system, whether finnix from the
>> CD or Squeeze from the hard drive
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Since writing the last paragraph of my post earlier today:
> Not only that, but also I after closing the computer and rebooting I was
> unable to install *any* operating system, whether finnix from the CD or
> Squeeze from the hard drive. I am now con
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Darac Marjal wrote:
> Just to clarify things, you did change the password for the root on your
> installation, didn't you? That is, you didn't just change the password
> for root on the live CD, which was then lost as you rebooted?
After examination
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 07:50:41PM -0400, Ken Heard wrote:
> Further to the problem described in the first post to this thread, I
> have progress of a sort to report.
>
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> At this point I entered the root password but it was not accepted. I
> then -- as Gary Golden suggested -- rebooted u
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Further to the problem described in the first post to this thread, I
have progress of a sort to report.
As to inability of the computer on boot with squeeze to unlock the
BDS-home_crypt partition, I discovered that the connection to the box
from the k
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Gary Golden wrote:
> Get finnix and try to mount your encrypted partition with --debug
> Watch the kernel logs as well.
Have downloaded finnix-102.iso and wrote it to a CD. I hope to do what
you suggest later today. Thanks for the tip.
Ken Heard
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Gary Golden wrote:
> Get finnix and try to mount your encrypted partition with --debug
> Watch the kernel logs as well.
Have downloaded finnix-102.iso and wrote it to a CD. I hope to do what
you suggest later today. Thanks for the tip.
Ken Heard
Ken Heard:
>
> At the beginning I was able to enter the passphrase and so the boot
> continued. After a few weeks, during which time I was tweaking the
> software to make the computer useable, through no conscious intervention
> on my part the computer stopped accepting the passphrase. I would e
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