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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