Tina Norris Fields
tinanfields at torchlake.com
Sat Mar 22 08:34:08 CDT 2008
Hi Bobby, Actually, you've been very helpful. I did download the Microsoft Virtual PC as you suggested. I can tell you that it was a lot easier to set up than either the VMware Player or Server was. Somehow, my Fedora-7 DVD ISO got hosed during all my fooling around (I know better than to use my original, I always make a copy first - except this time - dang!), so I played with the Fedora-8 DVD ISO. Mostly that worked, except there is something going goofy with my display. Using the "text" setup method, I got all the way through the Fedora-8 installation in my MS Virtual PC. Everything said OK. Yay! Then, I tried to start the virtual machine, and it goes fine up to a point where suddenly the display changes from white text on black background, first to a green background, then to a scrambled image with impossible-to-make-out text. Faintly, in the background, I can see that one thing failed, but because of the garbled image I can not make out what it is that failed. With any luck, there will be a log file somewhere that I can check through. I've found another good link for downloading the Fedora-7 DVD ISO file - from Oregon State University's Open Source Lab - and am downloading a fresh copy at this very moment. It is moving considerably faster than the last time - could be because this is Saturday morning and there may be less traffic. I will keep you all apprised of my progress. I have to learn this stuff! And it's fun. If I weren't so pressed for time to get it accomplished, the several stutter starts and stops wouldn't bother me much. I learn every bit as much from the failures as I do from the successes, sometimes even more. Thanks for all your help, Tina Bobby Heid wrote: > Ok, one more time. I just found Tina's original post. Sorry for my prior > replies clogging up the list. > > 1) To change the root password, at a console type 'passwd root' (without > quotes) and press enter. I think it will then ask you for the new password. > I think you can change passwords in the menu from System Settings. > > 2) Not that I know of. > > 3) I do not know. > > Bobby > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >