Re: using beta 2 install on oldworld powermac
Hi Rolando,
I'm also trying to get debian installer working on an OldWorld PowerMac.
See my comments below...
Enjoy!
Rick
Rolando Abarca wrote:
>
> Hello,
> this is my second try to install sarge on my PowerMac 7200/120, this time
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> Everything went smooth from here, until it tried to install yaboot, wich
> won't work on oldworld powermacs, I tried to skip that step, but I wasn't
> allowed. Finally I decided to reboot the machine from the other terminal.
> After setting BootX to boot from the hard disk
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> Now, I'm presented with the login prompt, but I can't login because I
> haven't set the password for root and I haven't created another account...
> The installer didn't finish it process... :(
I got past this one... Boot in single user mode. (Add "single" to the
boot parameters in BootX. It will come up in single user mode and --for
some reason-- not demand a password.) You can set the password for root
by typing "passwd root" and then reboot. It will come up in multi-user
mode and you can log in as root using your new password.
> is there a way to finish it? I mean, what does the installer do after the
> first boot? I think that if I boot in single mode I'll be able to finish
> the install...
Once you login as root, you may have to manually enter the commands that
the installer would have done automatically after installing yaboot. I
don't know, I haven't gotten that far yet.
See the recent posting by Sven (and my reply). This issue may be fixed soon.
Rick
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