Can't log on to new install of fedora 13 with VMworkstation 9

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@anishjp: Could you please explain what you're doing via those steps? For instance, pressing "e" in the grub menu lets you edit the boot command line etc. It'll be beneficial to others looking for the same answer. Steps in a list form would be even clearer :)

I made an exhaustive list, however It was too many characters, so I will post the first part in this post and the rest in subsequent posts. 1) Open VM ws 9 and click “Create new virtual machine” 2) Select “Typical” 3) Insert DVD iso install disk in my D drive 4) Select “Installer Disk” click next 5) Select “Fedora” click next 6) Leave the default name and location click next 7) Allocate 60 GB then select “Store virtual disk as single file” click next

8) Leave hardware settings at default 9) Click finish 10) The new VM now starts and begins the install 11) At the 1st screen select “Install a new system” it’s the first option, then next 12) Select check media, the process completed without errors, then next 13) Select U.S English for language and keyboard, then next 14) Select “Basic Storage Devices”, then next 15) Created host name as “server1.class.com, then next 16) Selected my time zone, then next 17) Created “root” pw, then next 18) Selected use all space, (which was 60 GB), then next

19) I believe the next step was initializing the disk where I selected “Initialize Disk”, then next 20) Selected “Graphical Desktop” and “Installation Repo”. Then selected “Customize now” and selected all Desktop Environments, all Applications, all Development, all Servers, all Base System except for virtualization, and the default English language. 21) After verifying dependencies, the OS installed then I was prompted to remove DVD and reboot. Then next, 22) Accepted license agreement, then next, 23) Created User and PW, then next 24) Did not send profile, then clicked finish.

25) Upon restart, I attempted to log in to my standard account where I was presented with the “authentication Failure” message. I attempted this many times and was unsuccessful. I know for sure I was entering the correct variation of keystrokes. 26) Also, I attempted to log into the “root” account be pressing the cntrl+alt+f2. The command line interface was then presented. I entered “root” then hit enter. From here it got kind of weird. I was not able to enter any keystrokes for the password. I attempted doing this several times and the same thing would happen.