Universal install CD root password?

Chickencha · n00b Joined: 16 Dec 2006 Posts: 21

I'm trying to install Gentoo on an old G3 Mac. I'm booting with the CD and then I get the message: "Failed to set system clock to hardware clock." Then it asks for me to enter the root password for maintenance. (It also says I can press control-D, but that just reboots the system and then I have the same problem.) I've looked around the forums and documentation to figure out what the password could be, but I can't find it.

So I need to know what the root password is for Gentoo 2006.1 for Power PC. Can anyone help me?

psycepa · Veteran Joined: 27 Dec 2004 Posts: 1637 Location: Poland

AFAIR passwords for root on live/universal cds are scrambled for security reasons, that may be also true in your case...
try to play with boot options of this cd, maybe the error will vanish.
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rakeyry · Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 1:10 am Post subject:

Hmm..

Well, you can log into root through sudo su, I know that.
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psycepa · Veteran Joined: 27 Dec 2004 Posts: 1637 Location: Poland

again, AFAIR, only if you get local started, if you receive a error during boot and a question to enter root password OR hit ctrl+D, you can't use su since you dont have prompt ready...
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RLUNo. 376073
bo czytac, to trzeba ze zrozumieniem (c) by psycepa
"nigdy nie kloc sie z glupcem, najpierw sprowadzi cie do swojego poziomu a potem pokona doswiadczeniem"
"Life is complex. It has its real and imaginary part."

Chickencha · n00b Joined: 16 Dec 2006 Posts: 21

Fortunately I've managed to find a way to get rid of the error message in the first place, so I don't need to know the root password anymore. Thanks for the responses.

psycepa · Veteran Joined: 27 Dec 2004 Posts: 1637 Location: Poland

well it would be good if you shared your solutione here so others that encounter that problem can find this thread and solve it as well...
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RLUNo. 376073
bo czytac, to trzeba ze zrozumieniem (c) by psycepa
"nigdy nie kloc sie z glupcem, najpierw sprowadzi cie do swojego poziomu a potem pokona doswiadczeniem"
"Life is complex. It has its real and imaginary part."

nixnut · Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 4:57 pm Post subject:

Moved from Installing Gentoo to Duplicate Threads.
Moved in favour of https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-226569.html
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