Do you think it would work if I downloaded the DVD to a USB stick? I
have a 4G stick, it's just a question of whether or not the mac would
recognise that it was there.
Craig White wrote:
Good luck...may be tough to find DVD image broken down for ppc. Too
bad
you're like 8,000 miles away because in my office, where I have all the
repositories local, it takes less than an hour.
Anyway, once you get it installed and if you struggle getting X going,
let me know because I can help with iMac G3.
Craig
On Wed, 2008-04-02 at 14:20 +1100, Catherine Fitzgerald wrote:
> Thanks Craig, right now I'm trying to work out an alternative for
> installation. The last one got to 75% and hung there for two days. I'm
> going to see if I can find a site that has the install set up so I can
> burn the whole os files to several CDs and do it that way.
>
> Craig White wrote:
>
>> You could probably lighten up the initial install and add packages after
>> you get running.
>>
>> I suspect that you might need my xorg.conf file (I've got a few of them
>> for iMac G3's) as I had to work out issues with the display and there
>> are iMac G3's with different video cards. If you have trouble getting X
>> started after install, be sure to sound off to the list.
>>
>> Craig
>>
>> On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 14:24 +1100, Catherine Fitzgerald wrote:
>>
>>
>>> After 24hrs stuck on the openoffice core file? The computer had stopped
>>> communicating with the modem so I started it again, but with a custom
>>> install leaving out openoffice.
>>>
>>> The other thing that just occurred to me is that the modem firewall
>>> could be causing a problem. I keep forgetting that it has its own as I
>>> have separate firewalls running on all the computers.
>>>
>>> Craig White wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I was hoping that it was still downloading the rest of the packages and
>>>> that you haven't interrupted because it should eventually finish.
>>>>
>>>> Craig
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 12:15 +1100, Catherine Fitzgerald wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Yep. I'm just going to leave it for now and wait a few days
before I try
>>>>> again. Thanks for all your help.
>>>>>
>>>>> Craig White wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Might as well let it go as I would expect that their 24 window
of
>>>>>> bandwidth limiting will expire.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm also thinking that the same bandwidth limiting would
occur if you
>>>>>> download the DVD - that is 3.9 Gb which I would assume to be
larger than
>>>>>> the bandwidth required to do the install via http.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Craig
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 07:11 +1100, Catherine Fitzgerald wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> lol... we are talking Telstra here, they are not known for
being
>>>>>>> sympathetic.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If it hasn't got any further tonight I will start looking
at other
>>>>>>> installation options. Either a custom install without
Openoffice (and
>>>>>>> install it later) or a varient on Tim's idea and somehow
make my pc a
>>>>>>> repository, then just do some sort of network connection to
it instead.
>>>>>>> I'm not quite sure how to go about that, but I'll
figure it out eventually.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Craig White wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I would call them and beg for a 24 hour window of
'unlimited' to
>>>>>>>> accomplish the task at hand...you *might* get someone
sympathetic to
>>>>>>>> your plight.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Craig
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 06:15 +1100, Catherine Fitzgerald
wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Some progress yes, but at the moment its taking
forever (and I mean
>>>>>>>>> forever - over 12hrs now) to install the openoffice
core. I think my ISP
>>>>>>>>> has throttled my download speed to almost nothing
(the price of cheap
>>>>>>>>> unlimitted broadband is that when Telstra slows it
down once you hit a
>>>>>>>>> certain amount, they really slow it down). The
progress report
>>>>>>>>> (ctrl-alt-F3) has no errors, and the computer is
still ticking away and
>>>>>>>>> talking to my modem. Basically, the install is at
65%, with another 200
>>>>>>>>> odd packages to install, and I'm hoping it's
just a matter of being
>>>>>>>>> extremely patient and hoping that when I get home
from work tonight it
>>>>>>>>> will have got a bit further.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Oh, and I am using the text mode install
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Craig White wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Any progress?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Craig
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 2008-03-30 at 09:26 +1100, Catherine
Fitzgerald wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Ok, shall do that before trying to write
another CD
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Craig White wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 2008-03-29 at 15:09 -0700, Craig
White wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----
>>>>>>>>>>>>> #1 - burn the CD at the slowest speed
possible. When you burn a CD on a
>>>>>>>>>>>>> system with a high speed CD writer
and then try to use that CD on an
>>>>>>>>>>>>> older, slower CD drive, you will have
file errors.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> #2 - Your step 3 should have worked.
Were you in GUI or text mode when
>>>>>>>>>>>>> going through the installation steps
(anaconda)?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> ----
>>>>>>>>>>>> I should add that I have installed Fedora
7 on an iMac G3 and Fedora 8
>>>>>>>>>>>> on a G4 so I truly believe that it should
work though I have to confess
>>>>>>>>>>>> that I have my own local repositories and
only use the ppc/boot.iso to
>>>>>>>>>>>> get the first stage boot and then finish
booting and run the installer
>>>>>>>>>>>> and get the packages from my local repo.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Suggest that you boot the rescue cd again
and at the prompt 'boot'
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> type 'linux askmethod'
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> and use...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> http protocol
>>>>>>>>>>>> http server: ringtail.its.monash.edu.au
>>>>>>>>>>>> path:
/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Fedora/ppc/os/
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> and try installing...if this hangs,
don't quit but get back to me and
>>>>>>>>>>>> tell me if you are running in GUI mode or
text mode
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Craig
>>>>>>>>>>>>
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