How long before you give up.

[Patrick Newberry]

So how do you reset the password to null if I go with a dual boot on the win2k server?

Pat.


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> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-users-
> bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of NoOp
> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 8:38 PM
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: How long before you give up.
>
> On 09/21/2008 05:21 PM, Patrick Newberry wrote:
> > Got some old machines and trying to install xubuntu.
> >
> > I've got one machine right now that had windows 2000 server on it.
> > Didn't know password. I put in the xubuntu disk and it's been going
> > for about 8 or more hours. At this point I have no  display but the
> > cdrom drive is spinning.
> >
> > How long should before I should accept  the fact that something is
> > hosed and try to start over. It's not a big deal as nothing is on it
> > that I have to save.
>
> About 7 1/2 hours ago.
>
> >
> > Also I didn't see an option to over write the existing system (e.g.
> > the windows operating system if I don't want to bother with a dual
> > boot.)
>
> If you want to keep the Win2K server, then opt to dual boot. I can help
> you reset the password to null. That said; you should the install
> process should have recognized an existing Win install and informed you
> that a section of the drive was/is formated to FAT32 or NTFS. You might
> want to have a look at these:
>
> http://www.xubuntu.org/
> http://www.xubuntu.org/help
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyReleaseNotes
>
>
>
> >
> > Do I need for format the c: drive before I put in the xubuntu install
> > disk?
>
> No. The installation process will prepare and format the partitions for
> you.
>
>
>
>
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