Re: How do I use unix fdisk?

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From: lou
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 00:00

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Richard O'Keefe wrote:

> On Sun, 12 Sep 1999 11:11:46 -0700, Clemens Nijhof
> <clemens@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> >Richard O'Keefe wrote:
> >
> >> the prompt [Richard@localhost /sbin]$
> >
> >Login as root and it should just work fine
> >
> >-Clem
> >
> Thank you!  Now that I have successfully deleted all my partitions and
> have a clean hard drive, I feel that I can try to install
> Linux-Mandrake again.
>
> With my limited intelligence and complete lack of unix knowledge, I
> was afraid to fight with linux.   I feared not being able to delete
> all linux partitions and reinstall windows 98.
>
> But thanks to the advice I received in these NGs, I will try to
> install linux correctly this next time.
>
> According to the premiere issue of Maximum Linux Magazine, where I got
> the CDROM installation disc, I expected to type linux at the $ prompt
> and be on the way.  Instead I got a bad command response.
>
> Thanks again!

At the $ prompt type either root or your normal user name and/or root's
password or normal user's password.

Lou

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