Hi Horst! Your questions regarding root can best be addressed by referring to a Linux reference. Nearly any will do, here's a link to Amazon listing books available regarding that topic:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_pg_1/102-5294819-2668948?ie=UTF8&keywords=Linux%20System%20Administration&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3ALinux%20System%20Administration&page=1 A quick online reference however is available here: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/sect_02_01.html Good Luck... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Horst Leps wrote: > Hallo Kai Staats: > > >>>> Installation of 4.1 on my MacMini (1.25 GHz) with Lacie-Drive (install >>>> firewire) fails. Anaconda says: Unable to instantiate X.... and then >>>> the screen (Sony SDM-HS74P) turns black. >>>> >> Thanks Derick for your suggestions, but I fear this is not about the drive >> partitioning. This usually happens when the video card driver + video card + >> monitor are not communicating well. W/the Mac mini in particular, we have >> seen some challenging combinations. >> >> I recommend trying a diff monitor (maybe an LCD or CRT) ... or boot into >> single user mode, run Xautoconfig, and then experiment w/various >> settings. >> > > I installed YDL with an old vga monitor on my LACIE firewire disk. It > works fine with this monitor. But if I use my Sony SDM-HS74P, it turns > black again. > >> This HOWTO should help: >> http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/solutions/ydl_4.1/video_config.shtml >> > > How to do so? I use "alt", I chose Y, What do I have to make > thereafter? Where is the point, on which this > > ,---- > | CTRL-OPTION-F2 > | (login as root) > `---- > > is to happen? I do not know how to boot as root with YDL. > > Horst > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-newbie mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie > > _______________________________________________ yellowdog-newbie mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie
