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On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 05:31:49PM -0600, Kevin Conder wrote:
> Being a glutton for punishment, I am trying to install Debian once
> again. I've gotten further this time...
Is this on one of those PPC boxes? Or was that someone else?
> I've installed the base system on the root partition and rebooted.
> I get the prompts for MD5 and Shadowed passwords. I get the message for
> the root password. So I entered one and verified it. But I am taken back
> to the root password screen again. An infinite loop, arrrgggghhh!
>
> Why won't Debian let me continue? I'm entering a root password of
> 6 characters with a mix of alpha and numeric characters. My password
> doesn't match any known English word. How do I get out of this mess?
ctl-alt-del generally works...
Oh, well, seriously. I dunno. I've had a few Debian install travails over
the years, mostly due to some lack of perfect understanding, or a delusion
that I knew where that ISA NIC card was addressed. :-) Never seen one like
that.
Do you have the option to flip to another console and get a shell there? I
don't think I've ever tried to do that at just that point. Nor am I
terrifically sure what you should look for if you can, but it's at least a
possible source of insight.
Obvious hack-ish thoughts: if you're taking MD5 and/or shadow, try not doing
so. Uhm, that's all so far.
Luck!
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