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On Tuesday 14 August 2007 13:47, james kilty wrote: > On Tue, 2007-08-14 at 13:20 +0100, Simon Waters wrote: > > Changing to root. Your password is probably for "sudo" operations, not > > for becoming root itself. Does root even have a password? (/etc/passwd, > > and /etc/shadow should tell you that). > > /etc/passwd has > root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash > and ends > james:x:1000:1000:james kilty,,,:/home/james:/bin/bash That is usual in a (K)Ubuntu box. Root on one of those systems is not actually enabled by default for use. The sudo command is used instead. > > > Debian, and I assume (perhaps rashly) Ubuntu, use group permissions for > > CD devices, so that /dev/hda (CDRW) here is; > > /dev/cdrw seems to be empty. no /dev/hda. > You will find the cd/dvd drive in /media on a (K)Ubuntu system. It is going to be called cdrom (which is actually a symlink to cdrom0). The device path will be /dev/hdc, not hda which is usually reserved for hard disks. > > I'm unclear if you are dual booting, and if these are independent > > installed operating systems. If it affects two completely separate > > installs on the same computer, then it seems likely it is hardware, or > > bios. > > Dual boot XP and ubuntu - at login I can change to kubuntu and keep it > kubuntu every session (which is how I have been working) until I want to > change session at reboot. > > > If the installs share something, even a home directory, all bets are > > off, since one or the other, may have done something the other doesn't > > like. Only way to resolve that is see if you can clear it, if a shared > > home directory, try a newer with no files, or possibly a live CD boot. > > No such sharing. No separate /home partition as yet. > > james kilty > http://www.kilty.demon.co.uk I still feel the comment I made before about the disk either needing time to be detected once you choose burn or perhaps media incompatability is most likely. Mark -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html