[PLUG] Ubuntu 10.04 Install Problems

Bruce kd7vvk at gmail.com
Tue May 4 03:35:39 UTC 2010


On 05/03/2010 06:13 PM, Richard C. Steffens wrote:
> Jason Barnett wrote:
>    
>> When you boot from the CD, after you select your language, there is an
>> option to check the media for errors.  This is what you want to use.
>>
>>      
> Just did that. And also ran md5sum against the iso (I know, I should
> have done that before I burned the CD. The md5sum matched the published
> one. Both were successful.
>
>    
>> If the media checks fine, then I would try the install again.  I have seen
>> weirder things happen.  Doing a fsck on your drive probably wouldn't be a
>> bad idea either.
>>
>>      
> I thought I'd be able to run fsck from the live CD, but it wants me to
> log in. I haven't seen anything anywhere to use as the user name and
> password. I tried guest with no password, ubuntu with no password, and
> the username I used when I installed 10.04 on that machine. None of them
> work.
>
> Does someone know which doormat to lift up to find the key?
>
>
>    
Just type sudo bash in the terminal.  I don't think it will ask for a 
password.

Bruce



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