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   Message 29,724 of 29,919   
   Doug Laidlaw to Aragorn   
   Re: Forks - PC Linux OS 2016.03   
   21 Mar 16 20:30:16   
   
   From: doug@douglaidlaw.net   
      
   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.   
   >   
   Either way, you go to a LiveCD screen with a link to install.  No LiveCD   
   asks you to su to root first.   
      
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