install ubuntu using something else method - Was: Out of Space

Gene Heskett gheskett at shentel.net
Wed Aug 10 20:51:13 UTC 2016


On Wednesday 10 August 2016 14:43:18 Paul Smith wrote:

> On Wed, 2016-08-10 at 14:18 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Wednesday 10 August 2016 13:28:56 Paul Smith wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2016-08-10 at 12:47 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > > I have no clue how to get root perms from the dvd live boot.
> > >
> > > Run sudo -s (the -s option asks sudo to give you a shell).
> >
> > And this does not require an unknown pw?
>
> Sudo on the live DVD is configured to not require a password.

Great, not knowing the pw kept me from even trying.  My bad.

Thank you.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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