5.10 preview install disaster

[Grant Edwards]

On 2005-09-14, Alex Marten <alex.marten at gmail.com> wrote:

> I guess with that many installs you never had time to realize the
> importance of reading documentation.  Ubuntu makes use of sudo instead
> of a root account, and I believe all those times you say it asked you
> for the "root password" it actually asks you for "your password". 
> Next time I suggest reading what it actually says on the screen. ;)

That was a typo.  I provided my password and it didn't work.
Then I set the root password and tried that just for the heck
of it.  There were two things that seem to have caused problems
with the first install attempt: 1) not having a network card.
2) reusing an existing home directory.

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