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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2024 3:16 pm    Post subject: [SOLVED] install from usb ... how to become root??? Reply with quote

I have attempted and failed to install gentoo from a rescue usb and now (in desperation) am going to repeat it all but with an official gentoo usb this time around. [quote] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Installation/Media#Writing_a_bootable_USB [/quote]

So far so good, but when booting from the usb I seem to not be root (please be patient as I am an old fart with a recent stroke and have perceptual issues). So how do I get an xterm in which I am root? Please be as explicit and complete as possible (as I am easily confused).

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2024 3:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You should be able to to run sudo su to elevate yourself to root.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2024 3:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

THANKS, that worked (would be nice for that magic to be given in the documentation; whereas "Alongside the kernel, boot options..." is mentioned therein, there is no indication of appropriate syntax or examples for how to actually boot with an option -- neither do the F1 or F2 keys work as described :( ).
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