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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