Nov 09, '04 09:07:00AM • Contributed by: macevangelist
We still have the problem that the CD is write-protected, so we cannot just edit the rc.cdrom file and run it. Apart from that, there is no text editing tool (like vi or pico) installed on the CD. But luckily there is a tool named head. With head, you can print a self-defined count of lines back to the shell from the file you specify.
The most important thing is to find the line you would want the rc.cdrom script to stop at. I guess that would be right before the /System/Installation/CDIS/splash command is defined. In my case, that was line 168. Adapt the line number to the rc.cdrom script you find on your Install CD in /etc/. So finally here's the walkthru:
- Insert the Mac OS X Install CD and reboot / turn on your Mac
- Press the C key and wait for the Apple logo to appear
- Immediately press and hold cmd - s until the Apple logo dissappears
- Wait for the command line prompt
- Execute the command: head -n 168 /etc/rc.cdrom | sh
- Press the return key to get your prompt back after the script has finished
