This is the most crucial decision point for the security of your GNU/Linux system: you are going to have to enter the root password (figure 6-24). root is the system administrator and is the only one authorized to make updates, add users, change the overall system configuration, and so on. In short, root can do everything! That is why you have to choose a password which is difficult to guess; DrakX will tell you if it is too easy. As shown, you can choose not to enter a password, but we strongly advise you to enter one, if only for one reason: do not think that because you booted GNU/Linux, your other operating systems are safe from mistakes. That's not true since root can overcome all limitations and unintentionally erase all data on partitions by carelessly accessing the partitions themselves!
You will have to type the password twice -- a typing error in the first attempt could be a problem if you repeat it since the "incorrect" password is now required when you connect up to the system.