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

[Catherine Fitzgerald]

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:
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>> 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:
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>>> 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
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>>> On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 12:15 +1100, Catherine Fitzgerald wrote:
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>>>> 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:
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>>>>> 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:
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>>>>>> 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:
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>>>>>>> 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:
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>>>>>>>> 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:
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>>>>>>>>> Any progress?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Craig
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 2008-03-30 at 09:26 +1100, Catherine Fitzgerald wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>> Ok, shall do that before trying to write another CD
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Craig White wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 2008-03-29 at 15:09 -0700, Craig White wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>> #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)?
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>>>>>>>>>>> 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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