[Fwd: Re: OSX (wasRe: Kubuntu!)]

[Matthew Carpenter]

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Thanks Cuz.

Alma,
I hope this helps.  Let me know.

Martin White wrote:

> Hey Matt,
>
> Sorry I couldnt reply to you sooner (I forgot to ask while I was in
> the office) but happen to mention it while I was here on site and
> they IT asked if I had tried holding down the 'C' key while
> booting??? I don't know if it helps but thought I'd send it your
> way....
>
>
> Marty
>
>
> --- Matthew Carpenter <matt at eisgr.com> wrote:
>

> Hi Marty,
>
> Would you happen to know how to get a Mac to boot from a CD?
>
> Thanks and Love ya, Matt
>
> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: OSX (wasRe:
> Kubuntu!) Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 21:47:56 -0500 From: Alma
> J Wetzker <almaw at ieee.org> Reply-To: almaw at ieee.org, Linux tips
> and tricks <linux-users at linux-sxs.org> To: Linux tips and
> tricks <linux-users at linux-sxs.org> References:
> <1114624274.3358.3.camel at localhost.localdomain>
> <4272B8AF.7050108 at eisgr.com>
>
>
>
> Matthew Carpenter wrote:
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>> Aaron Grewell wrote:
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>>>> I have a question. I found myself the owner of a
>
> Mac G3, with,
>
>>>> what looks like, OSX server 1.1 on it. I would
>
> like to install
>
>>>> kubuntu, since I have no passwords for OSX. How
>
> do I get the
>
>>>> fool machine to boot from the CD Rom? I tried
>
> various
>
>>>> combinations of OPT+ctrl+C or FC or OF or
>
> whatever.
>
>>>> Alternately, how does one crack the OSX server
>
> to reset the
>
>>>> root password?
>>>>
>>>> -- Alma
>
>
>>> Cracking the older revs of OSX was really easy
>
> from the console,
>
>>> as there was no password for single-user mode. I
>
> don't remember
>
>>> exactly, but I think if you can find instructions
>
> via Google on
>
>>> getting into single-user mode then you can start
>
> up their
>
>>> username/password database (NetThingie, don't
>
> remember exactly
>
>>> what they call it) and reset the root password.
>
> We did it in all
>
>>> of about 10 minutes once I found the
>
> instructions, but I've no
>
>>> idea what I did with them as that was months ago.
>
>
>> Root password? If you can get to runlevel 1 (which
>
> on *nix usually
>
>> requires root privileges, unless the bootloader
>
> allows kernel
>
>> params like "1" or "s") remove the gobbledegook
>
> from the password
>
>> field of /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, or
>
> /etc/passwd.master, so the
>
>> line starts off with the following:
>
>> root::
>
>> (mine currently looks like this->
>
>> root:$1$kIn2Oin2$5FF2iSkAvaHuUxWmyLDca0:12815:0:99999:7:::)
>
> My first choice is still to install kubuntu, if I can figure ou how
> to boot from a CD.
>
> -- Alma






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