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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New Install
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 13:19:09 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGfcS_k4t90M0H+jQOEXNr+Qoiainc72eMZrw0t4=vwA_z88YA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1754399464.786343.1474733701153@mail.yahoo.com>

On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 12:15 PM, Christopher Robinson
<chrisrobinson@rocketmail.com> 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.

If it isn't booting then passwords are the least of your problems.  It
probably is a bootloader problem (EFI or grub).  But, I'm not sure
what "I could not boot" actually means.  Do you get an error message?
What state does the system end up in?

--
Rich


  reply	other threads:[~2016-09-24 17:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <1754399464.786343.1474733701153.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
2016-09-24 16:15 ` [gentoo-user] New Install Christopher Robinson
2016-09-24 17:19   ` Rich Freeman [this message]
2016-09-24 20:35   ` Neil Bothwick
     [not found] <756770183.895940.1474759833261.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
2016-09-24 23:30 ` Christopher Robinson
2016-09-24 23:44   ` Dale
2016-09-25 14:54   ` Rich Freeman
     [not found] <1702445064.4245949.1474756920216.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
2016-09-24 22:42 ` Christopher Robinson
2016-09-24 22:51   ` J. Roeleveld
2016-09-24 23:07   ` Dale
2016-09-24 23:15   ` Neil Bothwick
     [not found] <290906285.4196379.1474755243136.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
2016-09-24 22:14 ` Christopher Robinson
2016-09-24 22:22   ` J. Roeleveld
     [not found] <778691606.4172039.1474753985763.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
2016-09-24 21:53 ` Christopher Robinson
2016-09-24 21:59   ` J. Roeleveld
     [not found] <1642493884.2373662.1474753343158.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
2016-09-24 21:42 ` Christopher Robinson
2016-09-24 21:49   ` J. Roeleveld
2016-09-24 22:10     ` Dutch Ingraham
2016-09-24 22:25       ` J. Roeleveld
2016-09-24 22:30   ` Neil Bothwick
2016-09-24 22:37     ` J. Roeleveld
2016-09-24 23:18       ` Neil Bothwick
     [not found] <884942704.4121549.1474749838105.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
2016-09-24 20:43 ` Christopher Robinson
2016-09-24 21:10   ` J. Roeleveld
2016-09-24 21:12   ` Dale
2016-09-24 22:24   ` Neil Bothwick
     [not found] <1962844038.4081912.1474749616256.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
2016-09-24 20:40 ` Christopher Robinson
2016-09-24 20:57   ` J. Roeleveld
     [not found] <332512508.4090565.1474749358743.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
2016-09-24 20:35 ` Christopher Robinson
2016-09-24 21:12   ` J. Roeleveld
2016-09-24 22:00   ` Tom H
     [not found] <1562002476.4170758.1474749073967.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
2016-09-24 20:31 ` Christopher Robinson
2016-09-24 20:38   ` Neil Bothwick
     [not found] <1540740994.4100933.1474748884633.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
2016-09-24 20:28 ` Christopher Robinson
2016-09-24 20:54   ` Dale
2016-09-24 21:01     ` J. Roeleveld
2016-09-24 21:15       ` Dale
2016-09-24 21:29         ` Joachim Gwoke
2016-09-24 21:36           ` J. Roeleveld
2016-09-24 21:55           ` Dale
2016-09-24 21:06     ` Christopher Robinson
2016-09-24 21:36       ` Dale
2016-09-24 21:44       ` J. Roeleveld
     [not found] <1603192646.4100550.1474746512265.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
2016-09-24 19:48 ` Christopher Robinson
2016-09-24 20:17   ` Dale
     [not found] <1352463803.4106630.1474744960232.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
2016-09-24 19:22 ` Christopher Robinson
2016-09-24 20:00   ` Rich Freeman
     [not found] <360569783.3985353.1474719180280.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
2016-09-24 12:13 ` Christopher Robinson
2016-09-24 13:47   ` Neil Bothwick
2016-09-24 15:05     ` Christopher Robinson
2016-09-24 15:35       ` Dale
2016-09-24 15:38         ` Rich Freeman
2016-09-24 19:44           ` Dale
2016-09-24 20:04             ` Rich Freeman
2016-09-24 20:35               ` Dale
2016-09-24 20:13           ` Neil Bothwick
2016-09-24 20:16             ` Rich Freeman
2016-09-24 20:26               ` Neil Bothwick
2016-09-24 21:56                 ` Tom H
2016-09-24 20:21       ` Neil Bothwick
2016-09-24 15:18   ` Rich Freeman
     [not found]     ` <CALsGW-+dfUH3MzfrFjsD5GGCLvXG+d=xEe+uVhahXS-qvmkUBw@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found]       ` <CALsGW-LS_aU7_+J1oCr+fuzsh3-iOdfZqc-4kjCboV3E0CS9nw@mail.gmail.com>
2016-09-24 15:29         ` Joachim Gwoke
2009-09-03 18:51 [gentoo-user] new install James

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