Subject: Re: Installation for a Mac G3/Beige with LinuxPPC already loaded
From: Rich Dolinsky (r.e.dolinsky@verizon.net)
Date: Wed Jan 30 2002 - 09:23:33 MST
Delete all your network prefs...this should allow you to have a brand new
admin account in Mac OS. The prefs hold all the accoujnt info..including
this admin account. If this does not work. Delete all network control
panels as well...and then just redownload them from the apple site.
on 1/30/02 11:09 AM, Pete Peters at ppeters914@attbi.com wrote:
> Ummm, this kinda makes no sense to me, Steve. If you bought a Mac for
> your home network, you should be the owner and have Admin permissions.
> Period.
>
> If it was my Mac, I would backup and save what I considered important,
> then reinitialize the hard drive (which is how big??). If you don't plan
> on being in MacOS much, a minimal install should fit on a 200MB HFS
> partition, which leaves you the most space for your YDL install.
>
> See the YDL site for specific how-to-install info.
>
> Cheers.
>
>
> Pete
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Jardine [mailto:sjardine@acm.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 8:56 PM
> To: Yellow Dog Linux
> Subject: Installation for a Mac G3/Beige with LinuxPPC already loaded
>
>
> All,
>
> I have a Beige G3 that has MacOS 7.x and LinuxPPC2000 (with yaboot
> loader I
> think??) I do not have Administrator permissions for the OS (although I
> bought it
> with Mac OS installed - long story). The MacOS side I cannot get to
> connect to
> the rest of my home network ( No Admin permissions).
>
> Can anyone come up with a method in which I can load from CD (or the
> net) YDL
> 2.1 over the LinuxPPC install??
>
>
> Steve...
>
>
>
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