On Sat, November 15, 2008 10:24 pm, M. Fioretti wrote: > Hello, > > this is on the same computer where I cannot log in because I never get a password prompt > (even if I boot into single user mode and reset the root passwd successfully) > > I am wondering if the problem depends on wrong boot options in grub.conf or /etc/fstab. > There is only one SATA hard disk. During the install I left partitions as > they were before, when running FC8: sda1 as /boot, sda2 as swap, sda3 as / more on this: if, in rescue mode, I run fsck /dev/sda1 I get Warning: couldn't open /etc/fstab /boot1: clean (that is, no /boot as I imagined) same for /dev/sda3 (/dev/sda2 is swap): /1: clean (instead of / ) is this wrong, and if yes how to fix it so that /dev/sda1 results as /boot and /dev/sda3 as / ? Also, can this be the reason why I get no password prompt? when I try to login? THanks, Marco > > Now ended up with this grub.conf: > > default=0 > timeout=20 > splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.img.gz > root (hd0,0) > title Fedora 9 > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.25-14.fc9.x86_64 rhgb > initrd /initrd-2.6.25-14.fc9.x86_64.img > > and /etc/fstab is: > > > UUID=long_string_here / ext3 defaults 1 1 > UUID=another_long_string_here /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 > tmpfs ..... > devpts ........ > sysfs ........ > proc ........ > UUID=other_long_string swap defaults 0 0 > > the non-UUID lines are the same (IIRC) as they were in the previous > install > > The question is, are those two files consistant among themselves and the > disk configuration? And could an error there be what makes no password > prompt appear when you login? > > TIA, > Marco > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > -- Help *everybody* love Free Standards and Software: http://digifreedom.net -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
