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   Doug Laidlaw to Doug Laidlaw   
   Re: Forks - PC Linux OS 2016.03   
   28 Mar 16 03:09:52   
   
   From: laidlaws@hotkey.net.au   
      
   Doug Laidlaw  Wrote in message:   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   And I have the 64-bit .3 release.  It doesn't have UEFI. It may install   
   on a  UEFI system.   
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