Insanity to follow . . . I'm going Linux (postal?)

[Bradley Miller]

Ok, I give.  I've installed Mandrake 7.2 TWICE on this PC.   The first time
I tried my Netgear FA311 card . . . no go.   I decided to retry the install
with the 3C509 card.  It worked like a charm.  Unfortunately, in both
installs, I can't get to root!  What's up with that?  I specified the root
password both times and typed it exactly right each time.  (I had doubted
this and thought maybe "fumble-fingered at 11:30 PM" blues had troubled my
first install.)   Is there some secret vodoo for this?  I can login as the
user I created, but I get permission denied errors ls'ing directories.   It
shows Kernel 2.2.17-21mkdsecure on a i586 / tty1 when I go to login.  HELP!!!

-- Bradley Miller