Re: Need help installing Potatoe on G4

[Eric Reischer <reischer@psu.edu>]

Ok Al Gore.....

Try manually entering in information in the /etc/passwd file and see if it 
saves ok.  It appears as though the install program is attempting to read 
configuration information from the disk but isn't finding a file, so it 
defaults back to ask you for the information again.  I am trusting you 
chose to use shadow passwords, yes?  Unless you have a reason not to use 
them, I recommend using MD5 passwords, although that won't cause the 
problem you're experiencing.  Make sure that your partitions are all 
squared away, and if that still doesn't work, then completely erase the 
partition table of the disk (dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda count=10), 
replacing sda with whatever drive your root resides on, repartition and 
reformat, and then try to install again.

Eric


At 04:42 PM 12/3/00 , you wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> I've got a really weird problem :
>
> While installing the potatoe, everything goes rigth until the moment I have
> to choose the root password. When I enter a pass and its confirmation, the
> install program kinda loop and reasks me the same question. I solved the
> problem by loging in as root and setting the pass. Then I've got the same
> problem with the Adduser stuff...
>
> So I dont add any user, choose to remove the PCMCIA, not install PPP, not
> install anything for Apt, scan the 3 cds, and then when I choose install
> (simple or advanced), I go back to the choose MD5 pass ?
>
> Anyone can help please ?
>
> I have a G4/400 AGP no Giga Ethernet, and I use the r0 isos to install.
>
>
> pejvan
>
>
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