[Fwd: [pchelpers] Re: Ubuntu Linux won't boot after install (solved)]

[Lindsay]

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> From: John Durham <john.modec at xtra.co.nz>
> Reply-To: pchelpers at freelists.org
> To: pchelpers at freelists.org
> Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Ubuntu Linux won't boot after install
> (solved)
> Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 19:41:57 +1200
> Finally seem to have got the answer. Starting with a re-install, it was 
> necessary to give the network setup a re-try because of the slow network 
> response (DHCP). After that it installed and gave a message about using 
> the 'SUDO' command for admin level privileges. After that everything 
> installed from CD and is now updating all its packages off the internet.
> 
> This is much better than before. Thanks Lindsay and everyone who 
> contributed.
> 
> Lindsay wrote:
> 
> >Unlike Windows John, you need to give an admin (root) password to change
> >system configurations.   As there is no official root password in
> >Ubuntu, if you are asked for a password during usch tinkering, you give
> >your user password, i.e linzpassword or whatever yours is.
> >
> >On Sun, 2005-04-10 at 15:39 +1200, John Durham wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Everything else works except the network connection. When I found out 
> >>how to modify it, the system said something like I couldn't modify this 
> >>because I didn't have admin privileges. A re-install might fix that, but 
> >>enquiring first might teach me a few things.
> >>
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