Installing Fedora on a TiBook G4

[Robert Gruendler]

Hi,

I've decided to give it a try with Fedora on my TiBook G4, but have some 
problems with installation (probably quite stupid ones)

I'm trying to install it with the 4 isos provided, but after the installer 
is finished with the 1st cd and requests the second one, i'm not able to 
eject the cd, cause the eject button doesn't work yet...

Has anyone a solution for that?

I've also a pc, maybe i can put the contents of the 4 cds there and 
install it via network somehow.

Maybe someone could give me a hint.

Thanks


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[Paul Nasrat]

On Sat, Dec 25, 2004 at 07:00:54PM +0100, Robert Gruendler wrote:
>  Hi,
>  
>  I've decided to give it a try with Fedora on my TiBook G4, but have some 
>  problems with installation (probably quite stupid ones) 
No, they're probably bugs, as documented this is still at test tree.
>  
>  I'm trying to install it with the 4 isos provided, but after the installer 
>  is finished with the 1st cd and requests the second one, i'm not able to 
>  eject the cd, cause the eject button doesn't work yet...
>  
>  Has anyone a solution for that? 
Hmm, try switching to tty2 (Alt-F2) and see if the eject command works.  

>  I've also a pc, maybe i can put the contents of the 4 cds there
> and 
>  install it via network somehow. 
If you put the isos - you can do an nfsiso install. Place the isos in one dir and export
via nfs, use boot.iso to boot with linux askmethod.

Paul

[Wade Mealing]

I tried this on an ibook G4.

The section he is referring to is just after the boot.iso asks for the
first CD.  At this stage there is no other consoles available.

I did a network install, as per Paul's quote, put the iSO files in one
directory and export via nfs..

Good luck. :)


On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 18:00:26 +0000, Paul Nasrat <pauln(a)truemesh.com&gt; wrote:
>  On Sat, Dec 25, 2004 at 07:00:54PM +0100, Robert Gruendler wrote:
>  > Hi,
>  >
>  > I've decided to give it a try with Fedora on my TiBook G4, but have some
>  > problems with installation (probably quite stupid ones)
>  
>  No, they're probably bugs, as documented this is still at test tree.
>  >
>  > I'm trying to install it with the 4 isos provided, but after the installer
>  > is finished with the 1st cd and requests the second one, i'm not able to
>  > eject the cd, cause the eject button doesn't work yet...
>  >
>  > Has anyone a solution for that?
>  
>  Hmm, try switching to tty2 (Alt-F2) and see if the eject command works.
>  
>  > I've also a pc, maybe i can put the contents of the 4 cds there and
>  > install it via network somehow.
>  
>  If you put the isos - you can do an nfsiso install. Place the isos in one dir and export
> via nfs, use boot.iso to boot with linux askmethod.
>  
>  Paul
>  
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