live disk asking for "login"

What version of the LiveCD did you download?

I've never seen a login prompt when booting from the LiveCD. Is there another operating system that is trying to load ahead of the LiveCD? Is your boot up sequence CD first?

Rolling your own RTAI is a quite advanced subject and it is unlikely that you would get much response for that subject here.

John

You never know the experience level of someone till you talk to them a bit so you tend to start with the basics.

I just popped the 10.04 LiveCD into my other computer and turned it on. I get a Welcome screen with the option to try or install. So I click "Try Ubuntu 10.04LTS" and it just loads up and is ready to try. No passwords needed.

Did your friend check the md5sum? Did he by accident burn the CD with password protection? I'm grasping at straws here...

John

alexr wrote:

If i could get a copy of the .112 RTAI header and image ALL WOULD be perfect and i would have rolled my own

Have you tried downloading directly?
www.rtai.org/RTAI/

(though the LiveCD or pre-compiled debs ought to be a lot easier)

I wonder (and this is me clutching at straws that JT missed) if the BIOS has some sort of security set to prevent CD booting without a password?

Alternatively, have you tried the install script (which should patch a pre-installed 10.04) (If the answer is "yes, that's the whole problem" then I apologise)

(Pasted from the 10,04 release announcement)

2. starting with an existing Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx install

Step 1: Install Ubuntu 10.04

Step 2: Once you have installed Ubuntu , get the install script from here:
www.linuxcnc.org/lucid/emc2-install.sh , choose "Save to Disk" and
click OK.

Step 3: Now an emc2-install.sh icon will appear on your Desktop. Right-click
that icon, select Properties. Go to the Permissions tab and check the box
for Owner: Execute. Close the Properties window.

Step 4: Now double-click the emc2-install.sh icon, and select "Run in
Terminal". A terminal will appear and you will be asked for your password.

Step 5: When the installation asks if you are sure you want to install the
EMC2 packages, hit Enter to accept. Now just allow the install to finish.

Step 6: When it is done, you must reboot (System > Log Out > Restart the
Computer) - once you have rebooted you can run EMC2 by selecting it on the
Applications > CNC menu.

Step 7: If you aren't ready to set up a machine configuration, try one of
the
sim configurations; they run a "simulated machine" that require no
attached hardware.