I followed this from the Kalyway thread and it worked on Zephyroth DVD:

Boot using "-s"
then type "/sbin/mount -uw /"
"passwd root"
Type any password you want
"touch /var/sb/.AppleSetupDone"

But I can´t find /var/sb/.AppleSetupDone!

## Edit by Puttabong:

Working:

keep trying again because I had the same problem.
It's a solution that will work for sure. :P

I tried doing this because I am trying to avoid the setup assistant when booting -x, since my keyboard and mouse (PS/2) does not work in that mode. When I try to do "passwd root" it says passwd command not found. Any ideas?

What? There is no file .apple setup done.
I tried a USB-DRIVE with Leopard and Tiger but the USB DRIVE was not detected

There's something wrong. The following line:

/var/sb/.AppleSetupDone

is supposed to be

/var/db/.AppleSetupDone

THIS whole command script DOESNT WORK, I have been trying an trying and NO LUCK, I had to install Tubgirl 10.4.9 and then I selected UPGRADE from the LEOPARD install and that way SUCKS!!! Cause A clean install of LEOPARD supports ALL of my system NATIVELY, when you select upgrade it DOESNT install of update ANY of your components!! of instance LAN is working everytime do a CLEAN INSTALL I check the SYSTEM PROFILER o see what components are loadind and MY LAN and GeForce 8400GS is recognized!! I do have to delete all those nvidia kexts to actually boot into LEO after, but upgrading doesnt update ALL COMPONENTS!!

This Account Creation Loop Issue is becomming a serious problem, I format my HD with GUID by default eveytime, if I choose MBR my HD is not seen and I cant boot without a DVD, anyways I have Restarted and Restarted 23 times yesterday to try to get thru the Account Creation, I have tried that graphics mode Line and that does squat!! It seems to be WAY TOO confusing too type, I believe people et it wrong cause IT ISNT CLEAR ON the EXACT way to TYPE IT ( i dunno where the spaces are and if you use Quotations marks and use a small X instead of * inbetween the resolution numbers" I need to see the PROPER WAY to type it in the bootloader!! And in regards to last solution, I dunno what that does, I get some BAD PASSWORD ERROR also I when I type my default password, So it seems alotta of us are stuck and cant get Leo working

* nicknowsky : first of all you're absolutely right about the script not working...it didn't work for me either. On my system I got a freeze on a grey screen after I entered my account information (login name and password). All I got was the beach ball and this grey screen with a message that read "Creating user Account...". However I was able to bypass the entire setup assistant by using "Graphics Mode"="640x480x32". Type it with quotes (") and only one space between graphics and mode...

I hope this works for you and you can then succesfully login. I got a message saying that the setup assistant can't work in this resolution and an OK button, which means that I DID get past the assistant. However pushing the OK buton just got me another grey screen and a beach ball.