Linux on iMac g5

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Linux on iMac g5

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Hi, I have an old iMac G5 and i lost the admin password, I tried booting from a USB bootable with Linux Mint, but it wont see it.
Tried a hard reset command R, now I'm in the terminal but cant reset the password,

Can I install from being in terminal with installation codes..? Need help plz...

Thx
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Re: Linux on iMac g5

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This will not work with any Linux Mint. You need a Linux system that supports IBM G5 PPC processors...

...and if I remember correctly the PPCs did not boot from USB
Lesson Learned: Burn a Disc Instead!
I wanted you to understand the frustration of trying to do things with a USB flash drive before telling you to bite the bullet and burn a DVD-R disk with the distro of your choosing. You can burn a CD-R, but that usually means trimming the Linux distro to fit on a disc. With DVD-R you’ve got lots of room for distros approaching 1 GB in size.
https://lowendmac.com/2018/installing-l ... erpc-macs/

https://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/
https://voidlinux-ppc.org

https://www.powerpc-notebook.org/2020/0 ... c-version/ although it has Mint in its name, it is a development by Jeroen Diederen
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Re: Linux on iMac g5

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PATRIX-HUSH wrote: Fri May 07, 2021 5:15 pm Tried a hard reset command R, now I'm in the terminal but cant reset the password,
https://kb.wisc.edu/helpdesk/page.php?id=3853

https://www.wikihow.com/Reset-a-Lost-Ad ... n-Mac-OS-X

...and best thanks that in a Linux Mint forum my Mac problems are solved. ... ... :mrgreen:
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