From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0E032138330 for ; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 20:40:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1E76DE0C2F; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 20:40:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nm32-vm4.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com (nm32-vm4.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com [72.30.239.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9109CE0C01 for ; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 20:40:17 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rocketmail.com; s=s2048; t=1474749616; bh=IktQwzDZz4PR2BdpwtFV/6BCTwLPEiHSl2G4cr9oZ2k=; h=Date:From:Reply-To:To:Subject:References:From:Subject; b=biotiTaimPBZR1+sss+GqiH4szdfNOG/Va0nSVPywVW5OR7yqeuYEndfRW2Iabx7x5RI5iNCbT4aScFwlPXGgy/BjDhmFH1rleLwuBEUQP6nhNbHGh9iwQTtW+R0QBjftnFIxRPBy/7RBfpB4htxvVKaV6p1rRjOyBXqxQ83cvdWUbBy9USBCTYDfcKCf8mPC5pqt1mfs7OD0bUEUPNdWJLu27rCGiehwFJYuCcRaXb1v8TrzuReWNtJG/LOqC5leZI0jKTE5dzn3Ye4Ty6pAX2/Ks7dyfhUq+aOWkQL2LrJ650yGWX7BRWDvgRyyOAsqUO2KkpT3xYoVMLutWRQrQ== Received: from [98.139.170.179] by nm32.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 24 Sep 2016 20:40:16 -0000 Received: from [98.139.212.241] by tm22.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 24 Sep 2016 20:40:16 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1050.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 24 Sep 2016 20:40:16 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 918966.78788.bm@omp1050.mail.bf1.yahoo.com X-YMail-OSG: qsLcmaUVM1lnqNCJawzbbGeUEftJnigQBZP9n0y8gbGx7lDRayvGGgztR.wqiOV e7.q65y4qmaAH_DZg48.x8mDXIyoWcV9E9pn1RCrt7ecfXlqmMdCXqD38Ucblldqn.S5RTZR8rF. mm1ZESld8qz0vWiQ3BRBs6bcU6nRtk0sk0UaoiKeX6Qn10PubP4Z49Kgfl_x4WxQzIOh2E_IMgEO tWmPsM_ppg_1Y_yV7y6Oug56qxCU3xrHHkI53hEndP1qm8V7hwmV0S803F.q.fL0Ge0hXdnwoj7J yOn2AzbPR0R9TRzl0MGNr1RN7OYWY27hBmfk_xt7jNYlDTFE9jg0zK4ktRVtieWagwtMBKHZDr8a 4xfQukZXRwo14FG9s337qNql0lGimRYFZvo26JzenROhSFgPSMSrUTCIezdzHw4Bx_wUEwCQP69v wfV5UkOTOYOsQRqtuXfYlWPDy9yntpJ4al_ExV_pIy4gVgJ.nN6QLpqfKuehZtt6fiXA.vvzqa.D kRnjyzsXXQWhkvskC21fTYVQE.hEeE.Vydq53YtZHBw-- Received: from jws106174.mail.bf1.yahoo.com by sendmailws138.mail.bf1.yahoo.com; Sat, 24 Sep 2016 20:40:16 +0000; 1474749616.548 Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 20:40:16 +0000 (UTC) From: Christopher Robinson To: Message-ID: <1962844038.4081912.1474749616256@mail.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New Install Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <1962844038.4081912.1474749616256.ref@mail.yahoo.com> X-Archives-Salt: e67eaf13-ffad-46a2-b730-622fa62e6c9e X-Archives-Hash: 8d1e4daff09ba692e8793ba02d694ab5 Rich responded to my question. I don't feel much like repeating. I need the command to run the install after getting live cd # ~ -------------------------------------------- On Sat, 9/24/16, Neil Bothwick wrote: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New Install To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date: Saturday, September 24, 2016, 4:35 PM On Sat, 24 Sep 2016 16:15:01 +0000 (UTC), Christopher Robinson wrote: > Thank you for at least responding to my question. I did try creating a > password in root, but I could not boot from there. As Rich said, if you can't boot, the password is not the problem. What is the error message you get when trying to boot? > I will check out > the other manual suggestion. I had tried Systemrescue CD earlier, but > it displayed in a tiny screen resolution, unreadable even with a > magnifying lens. Press C or E (depending on which kernel you want) at the main menu and you'll get several more options including choices of screen resolution. -- Neil Bothwick A Microsoft joke (is that a tautology?)