Hello All-
I just ran headfirst into bug 151234 (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=151234) whereby the FC4T1 DVD is not bootable. (whoops!) Maybe now that Linus Torvalds is using a Power Mac (http://news.com.com/Torvalds+switches+to+Apple/2100-1003_3 -5606030.html) he can help troubleshoot some of these issues ;)
In any case, does anyone have any instructions on making the install work on a Power Mac? I would love to help report bugs, but it's hard to do when I can't install the OS in the first place. I have seen some references to mounting the ISO and extracting the boot CD and/or using Paul's USB Boot Image (http://people.redhat.com/pnasrat/ppcboot.img) but when I attempt to mount the ISO or the boot image using the Disk Utility on OS X, I get a message that there are no mountable filesystems.
For that matter, the burned DVD is not readable from within OS X (although the i386 version is...)
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
-Sean :)
On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 21:47 -0800, Sean Earp wrote:
Any thoughts?
Not all PowerPC machines are Macintoshes. Go into the images dir on disc 1 and find an appropriate boot.iso.
On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 21:47 -0800, Sean Earp wrote:
I just ran headfirst into bug 151234 (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=151234) whereby the FC4T1 DVD is not bootable. (whoops!) Maybe now that Linus Torvalds is using a Power Mac (http://news.com.com/Torvalds+switches+to+Apple/2100-1003_3 -5606030.html) he can help troubleshoot some of these issues ;)
Maybe; he's been using one for a while, and last I recall, it was a Yellow Dog based machine
In any case, does anyone have any instructions on making the install work on a Power Mac? I would love to help report bugs, but it's hard
Basically look for a boot.iso that matches your arch, after loopback mounting the dvd, and then do an nfs install with the ISO image
to do when I can't install the OS in the first place. I have seen some references to mounting the ISO and extracting the boot CD and/or using Paul's USB Boot Image (http://people.redhat.com/pnasrat/ppcboot.img) but when I attempt to mount the ISO or the boot image using the Disk Utility on OS X, I get a message that there are no mountable filesystems.
I'll re-write the wonderful install howto (which should hopefully go away soon), and post information about htat here
For that matter, the burned DVD is not readable from within OS X (although the i386 version is...)
Thats odd
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