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pokomo

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Posted: July 24 2005,15:35

I did an hd install on an old Compaq laptop, which went great, but after reboot it's asking for the box login: What do I enter in here?

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Posted: July 24 2005,18:48

'box' is the default hostname of DSL systems.
Typically you'd enter a username and password, but DSL should automatically log you in by default. My guess is that you set up a password during the installation, or set it up as a multi-user system (I'm not sure but maybe just press enter when it asks for a password if you haven't set one up yet?), or maybe there is something wrong, and KNOPPIX is not loading.

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Posted: July 25 2005,01:14

I think First boot HD asks you to set user and root passwords,
so its user dsl and whatever pass you like and same for root or super user.

pokomo

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Posted: July 26 2005,03:36

Thanks for the help guys. I'm a Mac user but want so badly to be linux user. I really like the simplicity of DSL, but there are a few terms and other things that really trip me up.

Anyway, I did fresh install and followed the directions better on reboot. I chose the multi user option, so after reboot it has you set a pw for root and dsl. In hind site it was a dumb question.

Later.

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