David Hare wrote: > >>> On 15/01/11 01:50, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > >> Like I was saying, it was an easy install, on booting that's when things >> got bad, the installer had not made user jimmy, there was only a choice >> for root or user, I logged in as root and found user jimmy was in fact >> not made so I made user jimmy using kuser only to get errors while >> trying to login, also the installer did not setup my network card, I >> checked /etc/network and the config file looked good but running 'ifdown >> eth0 && ifup eth0" I would get no network found. Then I decided to go >> take a nap. :-) >> >> What could I have done to have a more successful install? >> > > Thanks for testing Jimmy. I found a typo in the installer script and > one file to remove in /etc. Consequently it fails to make the new > user. It's all because of the move from live-initramfs to live-boot. > > Will upload a fixed ISO later. All 4 of my computers are 64 bit, can you compile a 64bit system? How about using ext4? I've been using it for over a year and it sure cuts down on file system checks and seems to be a big plus over ext3. > In the meantime, here is a quick fix (do this in the live session > before running the installer): > > In a konsole (one line at a time): > > sudo su > sed -i 's/1002/1000/'g /usr/bin/remastersys-installer > rm -f /etc/live.conf Will this fix the system I have already have installed? Yep, and it's fixed, I'm now logged in as Jimmy with a working system. Thanks. > You could copy this text to a pen drive to quickly transfer it to a > live session. I tested the fix on a new install and it worked. > > The installer uses grub-gfxboot (grug-legacy) not grub2. It would be > better first-off to install grub to partition and chainload it from > your current main OS. You can "upgrade" to grub2 post-install if wanted. I've been removing grub2 from my Debian installs and installing grub-legacy and then running update-grub. > Re: network configs: > sudo ceni That worked, thanks. -- Jimmy Johnson SimplyMEPIS 8.5.03 - 64 Bit - EXT4 at sda5 Registered Linux User #380263