Hi
I am running Mint LMDE booted from a usb memory stick. Version as follows:
mint@mint ~ $ cat /etc/*release
DISTRIB_ID=LinuxMint
DISTRIB_RELEASE=1
DISTRIB_CODENAME=debian
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint Debian Edition"
At the moment all I want to do is use ImageWriter to write a Debian image to an SD card for my Raspberry Pi. ImageWriter calls for a PWD but I haven't set one.
I have tried the usual PWD's,
admin, administrator, user, demo, password, root, Root, mint, Mint, debian, Debian, LMDE, enter through
toor, nimda, drowssap, tnim
None of them work.
I understand that a PWD is not set as a default.
Can anyone explain what is going on please?
How do I get to run ImageWriter please?
Thanks
Scriptham.
Boot From USB Root PWD
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Re: Boot From USB Root PWD
I am assuming you are indeed talking about the root password. I have not used ImageWriter before, so forgive me.scriptham wrote: ImageWriter calls for a PWD but I haven't set one.
The root password on the LiveCD is, to my knowledge, not documented. This makes it impossible to login as the root user in Live mode (for security purposes, I assume). However, sudo works just fine. Note that sudo will not prompt for a password, so use it with caution.scriptham wrote:Can anyone explain what is going on please?
scriptham wrote:How do I get to run ImageWriter please?
Open a terminal and type "sudo imagewriter" without quotes. This will allow you to run imagewriter with superuser privileges. If that does not work, you can try "sudo su -c imagewriter" without quotes. It all depends on how the program works. You should then be able to use ImageWriter without any issues.