From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
      
   On 03/17/2016 08:21 AM, Aragorn wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   	I used PCLOS on my old Compaq notebook in the 64 bit version.   
   	When I had to buy a new machine I ended up with a UEFI Windows 8.1   
   Pavilion and had a lot of trouble with the UEFI and Windows 8.1.   
   Right now Windows is just taking up space on the hard drive but of   
   course will not boot even with Secure Boot turned on.  But that year   
   PCLOS did not have a UEFI solution so I started using Mageia but   
   remain attached to drak tools and the MCC idea.  Why those losers   
   at Canonical haven't borrowed it I do not know.   
      
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   	Sorry to hear of that.  I guess you have tried shutting down   
   and pulling and replacing SATA and power connectors?   
   	Looked at your Power Supply lately?   
   >   
   >> 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. ;)   
      
   	No but being a nurse(retired) when someones says I am persistent I   
   think of difficult infections.   
      
   	bliss   
      
   	   
   >   
      
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