On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 15:12:31 -0400, I beartooth oldfart wrote:
cross-posted to gmane.linux.yellowdog.general and gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general; followups set to gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general
I have a G3 iBook ... But I have downloaded ISOs twice, and burned CD3 three times, always checking sha sums, ... Out of all my attempts, most won't even boot into the FC4 install; the one time one did, it couldn't get past the first CD. .... am I barking up yet another wrong tree?
(I'm beginning to think of applying the big hammer -- a sixteen-pound sledgehammer -- after setting the iBook on a convenient solid stump ....)
An outfit I hadn't heard of turned out to be better than the sledgehammer; somebody recommended pctech101.com on a LUG near me; I ordered; the CDs came very promptly; all five passed the media check -- and what's more, they worked.
FC4.ppc is now installed, tweaked, and busily updating on our G3 iBook. That doesn't tell me where the trouble was; but I know where I'm getting my new releases from now on. <grin>
What's still more, this means we are now a one-OS outfit, except when I have to boot the EvilOS (XP) special-purpose machine to do GPS-topo map stuff.
The best of weekends to all!