[Solved] LiveCD Minimal 20110719 Asks for Password

solamour · Last edited by solamour on Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:32 pm; edited 1 time in total

I just noticed that when I boot "install-x86-minimal-20110719.iso", it shows a login prompt, but "install-x86-minimal-20110712.iso" puts me straight to the bash prompt.

Q1) Is this intentional?
Q2) If so, what is the login ID and password for 20110719?
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LuzbeL · n00b Joined: 30 Apr 2010 Posts: 68

I feel the same. What is the default password "root"?

John R. Graham · Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:19 pm Post subject:

Unintentional. Straight to the bash prompt is the correct behavior. The developer responsible for building the ISOs has been notified and he's looking into it. (See bug #375857; no details yet, though.)

In the mean time, the exact version of the minimal install CD isn't really important as nothing from the install CD ends up in the Gentoo install. Just use the older one or an alternate like SystemRescueCD and move on ahead.

- John
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LuzbeL · n00b Joined: 30 Apr 2010 Posts: 68

solamour · Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:31 pm Post subject:

I'll stick with "20110712" for now. Thanks everyone for taking time to respond.
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John R. Graham · Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:34 pm Post subject:

LuzbeL · n00b Joined: 30 Apr 2010 Posts: 68

John R. Graham · Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:44 pm Post subject:

@LuzbeL, sorry; the old ISOs are deleted from the download servers. I notice that you joined the forums back in April of 2010. If you have an ISO from some time earlier then that will work just fine. The SystemRescueCD is a Gentoo-based LiveCD that can be used to install Gentoo while following the Gentoo Handbook almost exactly. It can be downloaded on their site, here.

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LuzbeL · n00b Joined: 30 Apr 2010 Posts: 68

John R. Graham · Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:04 pm Post subject:

Whoops. Glad to be wrong.

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humhumhum · n00b Joined: 22 Jul 2011 Posts: 1 Location: Denmark

[quote="LuzbeL"]

genhappyok · n00b Joined: 22 Jul 2011 Posts: 1

Same here i just wasted 45 minutes for the same thing. However im glad that this bug has been identified. Does anyone know when this will be resolved? If so, any timeframe? Thanks for your response.

John R. Graham · Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 3:46 pm Post subject:

genhappyok, As LuzbeL pointed out above, just use an earlier version of the ISO and keep going.

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John R. Graham · Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 4:09 pm Post subject:

As of 11:42am UTC, this issue had been fixed. The offending version has been removed from the mirrors and the build process that resulted in the error has been addressed.

- John
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