Re: ****Re: ****Help installing Fedora 8 on iMac G3

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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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