user login

[louis304]

i just installed red hat and when i boot it it comes to a screen and asks for a user login. the only problem is i never gave a user login so i dont know what to put. any answers? oh yeah and since im a computer dummy i have no idea how to boot windows now. i thought i did but i was wrong.

[fancypiper]

Redhat manuals (http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/)

How to Remove Linux and Install Windows 2000 (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q247804)
How to Remove Linux and Install Windows XP (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314458)

[slapNUT]

Login as root. If you forgot your password then at lilo boot prompt type linux single and after booting edit /etc/passwd and remove the x in the root entry like this:
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash <- change this
root::0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash <- to this
Then you can login as root without a password, and make new users.

As for booting Windows you'll need to tell us hoy your hard drive is partitioned, where windows is located and post your /etc/lilo.conf file.