Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: passwd
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On 1999-06-26 pascal187@aol.com(Pascal187) said:
   >i noticed how there is no password for root when minix202 is first
   >installed...i made one, but when i rebooted and logged on as root,
   >it didnt ask me for my passwd.....i think i found the problem but i
   >wanted to ask someone who knows what they are doing because
   >re-installing is a daily chore fore me. anyways in the boot monitor:
   >rootdev=ram
   >ramimagedev=hd1a
   >should they both be set to my root partition? is that why my pw
   >isnt saved when rebooted?
I think rootdev should be set to hd1a and ramimagedev should not be set.

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