Re: no password on G4
Le samedi 13 février 2016 15:59:11, vous avez écrit :
> On 02/13/2016 03:02 PM, Klaus Becker wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > someone offered me a Mac G4 with Debian 7 installed. It works, but I have
> > no password, neither user nor root.
> >
> > The bootloader is yaboot.
> >
> > There is no CDROM on the machine.
>
> Try to start Debian installer form an external firewire cd/dvd
> drive. See:
>
> http://lists.debian.org/4FDD55CC.7020403@physics.harvard.edu
>
> Or try to boot the installer form an USB stick directly. It
> is not quite straightforward how to do it, but try this:
>
> Copy .iso to a USB memory stick using dd.
>
> sudo dd if=debian-powerpc-netinst.iso of=/dev/sd[x]
>
> Unplug all USB devices and hubs, except the keyboard and mouse.
>
> Plug the USB memory stick directly into the machine. Restart the machine
> while holding option+command+o+f keys.
Hi,
this does not work, I don't get Open Firmware prompt, but normal boot which
asks me if I want to boot on hard disk or cd. I type "c" to boot on Knoppix
CD, but it does not work.
Finally I found a CD on the right side ot the machine and I put a Knoppix DVD
into it. But I don't know how to eject it. Perhaps the G4 can only read CD and
not DVD?
Thanks for all the answers, but you always tell me how to install Debian.
Debian is already installed and works, I aonly want to create new passwords.
cheers
Klaus
>
> On the Open Firmware prompt type:
>
> boot usb0/disk:,\install\yaboot
>
> if it does not work, one of these should:
>
> boot usb1/disk:,\install\yaboot
> boot usb2/disk:,\install\yaboot
> boot usb-1a/disk:,\install\yaboot
> boot usb-1b/disk:,\install\yaboot
> boot usb-1c/disk:,\install\yaboot
> boot usb-2a/disk:,\install\yaboot
> boot usb-2b/disk:,\install\yaboot
> boot usb-2c/disk:,\install\yaboot
>
> On some machines usb device aliases can be different. To get hints where
> the USB device is and which alias could be the right one, type:
>
> devalias
>
> and
>
> dev / ls
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