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Ubuntu user and password?

  Date: Dec 26    Category: Unix / Linux / Ubuntu    Views: 328
  

I downloaded Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop ISO, burned ISO to CD, placed CD in
drive and restarted computer. The Ubuntu logo is visible as is the
orange progress bar. Then I get a small dialog box asking for a user.
What user do I need to give it? Why do I need to do this? since it is
running from the CD. I selected tyhe option to not do anything to the
host's hard drive. I typed something into the user box and now it
wants a password.

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5 Answers Found

 
Answer #1    Answered On: Dec 26    

OH that is simple and it trying for you to get use to the O/S
user: root
Password: root
all lower case

 
Answer #2    Answered On: Dec 26    

I tried the CD on another computer and it entered Ubuntu without
requesting a user name. I also noticed that as the OS was loading a
black (text) screen flashed some errors. Iy\t was too fast to read,
but I was able to make out a message that referred me to a web site.

This made me suspicious so I rebooted and had the CD verified and
found 2 files with errors. I am going to burn another CD and test
again.

I will follow up this thread when I test with the new CD.

 
Answer #3    Answered On: Dec 26    

if root:root doesn't work, try jack:jack or root:opensolaris... :->

 
Answer #4    Answered On: Dec 26    

Never I thought of that one. The use did say he burn the CD. I would like to
point out when burning a ISO cd. Do not use a fast burn speed. Please burn the
CD at least 10x. There is a vast amount of data there and a quick burn can
corrupt the data.

 
Answer #5    Answered On: Dec 26    

Thanks for the tip. I used Power ISO to burn the CD. The default
burn speed was set to "Use maximum speed" and I changed it to 8x
speed.

I am planning on downloading the recommended Infra Recorder to do
the second burn.

 
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