HD Install :: Login after HD install



Hi everybody!

I've just HD installed dsl-3.1RC3 on a 486DX4, 16MB RAM, 850 MB HDD (yeah, the only distro that can do this :p ). Everything went smooth, I rebooted, left it unattended (you can imagine how long it may take to boot) and I was infront a screen asking me to LOGIN...
Could you please tell me what the default login/ passwords are as I have not provided any during installation.

Thanks a mil!
The default admin account is 'root'
The default user account is 'dsl'

There are no passwords.
THANKS !!! Greatly appreciated. Will try it once I'm home.

Cheers!
Hi again!

That's waht happened: I booted the PC with the installed DSL on HDD and it came up to Login moment. When I enter DSL / dsl or root it asks for a passoword and a blank password is not accepted. I tried using dsl-dsl as login-password, root-root, but it doesn't work.

So I reinstalled :D

I kept an eye on the installation process and there was a specific moment that bothers be. When it was almost comleted  I saw a few lines saying something like "root password was successfully changed" and I'm pretty sure I wasn't asked for that.

Can anyone shed some light on a possible resolution, please? Would it be a good idea to Live cd boot and delete /etc/shadow?

P.S. Does DSL support serial mouse?

Thanks!
Hm, no idea... I've only really done frugal installations.  Perhaps you have to change your passwords on the live session before you install?  I guess you are using the oldstyle hd-install scripts from the menu?

Don't think deleting that file will help you if blank passwords aren't accepted - you could copy a new /etc/shadow over though.  You could also just disable the login.

And serial mice are supported.
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