From: thorongil@telenet.be.invalid   
      
   On Thursday 17 Mar 2016 15:59, Bobbie Sellers conveyed the following to   
   alt.os.linux.mandriva...   
      
   > On 03/17/2016 06:00 AM, Aragorn wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Thursday 17 Mar 2016 05:04, Bobbie Sellers conveyed the following   
   >> to alt.os.linux.mandriva...   
   >>   
   >>> [...]   
   >>>   
   >>> If you are interested in this then the root password is "root" and   
   >>> the guest's password is "guest".  If you want to install then use   
   >>> the guest.   I tried to use the root and it naturally "could not   
   >>> copy root files".   
   >>   
   >> Um, wouldn't it be the other way around?  You normally need the root   
   >> account in order to install it to the hard disk, because the guest   
   >> account does not have full access.   
   >>   
   > Not so apparently because we are talking about the root to   
   > the Live distribution. The root account for the new install is   
   > created at the end of the install.   
   > Now with the Drakx install no root authority is needed   
   > aside from BIOS setup to boot from your chosen media and turn   
   > off (in)Secure Boot.   
   > Please remember that I tried the Install from the root   
   > account on the pclinuxos64-kde-2016.03.iso (written to DVD)   
   > twice. Each time I got "cannot copy files to root partition".   
   > Maybe I failed to mention that?   
      
   No, you didn't.  I actually left it in with the quotes up above. ;)   
   It's just that it seems illogical to me, because root has read and write   
   access to everything.   
      
   > But Aragorn I invite you to try it yourself.   
   > PCLOS does not take much space on your hard drive.   
      
   This I know, because I've used PCLinuxOS for several years (on a 32-bit   
   machine) before eventually switching to Mageia (64-bit) on this machine   
   here.   
      
   However, unfortunately I cannot currently test this, because there's   
   something wrong with the hardware in this machine ─ I suspect a faulty   
   SATA connector ─ and it doesn't even recognize my optical drive anymore,   
   and has very long delays on boot-up, both during the kernel boot and   
   during the machine's POST.   
      
   > Your wiser eyes may find and report the problem with far greater   
   > understanding.  I am just persistent, as a LUG member remarked   
   > recently (like a bad infection?).   
      
   Don't worry about what others think of you.  I've stopped worrying about   
   that a few years ago already. ;)   
      
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