New install process

[Robert Millan]

On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 10:52:09AM +0800, Jett Tayer wrote:
> > .).
> > 
> > > The only real issue I encountered was at the end of the Minimal
> > > installation.  As suggested by your docs, I answered No to all the
> > > questions at the end of the basic install (after I got the `successful
> > > install message') up to the choice of a root password.  There,
> > > whatever may be the characters I typed, the system stayed in some
> > > somewhat broken state.  Not any command work in the 4th virtual
> > > terminal (no ps, no reboot, no shutdown...).  I have not found any
> > > better way than (ugly) hard reset.
> > 
> > Please can you be more specific on what you did?  Specialy, I'd like to know
> > what did you do after native-install finished to run (in VT3), and the installer
> > sent you back to VT1.
> 
> Actually i ran into this and i was able to set the root password on VT1
> even when it was asking me on VT3 :)
> i was not able to set the root password on VT3. i have to switch to VT1
> and just typed the password in "blue screen" without a prompt. strange
> but it works.

Note that when native-install finishes, you're automaticaly switched to VT1 to
show you the "congratulations" message.

VT3 shouldn't ask you for a password, afaik.

-- 
Robert Millan