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

[Catherine Fitzgerald]

Do you think it would work if I downloaded the DVD to a USB stick? I 
have a 4G stick, it's just a question of whether or not the mac would 
recognise that it was there.

Craig White wrote:
> 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
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
>>>>>>>>>>>>>       
>>>>>>>>>>>>>           
>>>>>>>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>>>>>>>                   
>>>>>>>>>>>>>                       
>>>>>>>>>>>>>                           
>>>>>>>>>>>   
>>>>>>>>>>>       
>>>>>>>>>>>           
>>>>>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>>>>>                   
>>>>>>>>>>>                       
>>>>>>>>>   
>>>>>>>>>       
>>>>>>>>>           
>>>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>>>                   
>>>>>>>   
>>>>>>>       
>>>>>>>           
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>   
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>   
>>>       
>
>