Help installing Fedora 8 on iMac G3
Aaron Konstam
akonstam at sbcglobal.net
Sat Mar 29 22:50:39 UTC 2008
Are you trying to install a ppc version of Linux or a intel version?
It is not clear from what you described.
On Sun, 2008-03-30 at 08:40 +1100, Catherine Fitzgerald wrote:
> I have been trying for a week to install Linux on my old mac: iMac G3,
> 500MHz, slot-loading CD, 20G HD. I am completely new to Linux and the
> only time I've ever used command prompts is on a PC, and a very long
> time ago, so if anyone is able to help me, please keep the instuctions
> as clear as possible. I appologise in advance for the long drawn-out
> detail below, but as I have no idea what the problem is I thought it
> better to give as much information as possible.
>
> The problems I have had are:
>
> 1- Innitially tried to install Kubuntu 6.04 using a live image burnt
> onto a CD using InfraRecorder (on a Windows XP 2000 pc). The live CD
> would go to a black screen after the initial boot dialog and then run down.
>
> 2- As that didn't work, and I was not worried about removing the old OS,
> I tried installing Kubuntu, erasing the old partitions. It would
> install, then freeze on the login and not accept any of my keyboards for
> input (either the mac keyboard, a pc keyboard or either of my wireless
> keyboards) so it was not possible to log in. After several attempts at
> reinstalling Kubuntu and getting the same problem I decided to try
> installing Fedora.
>
> 3- To avoid downloading a large amount I downloaded
> fedora-8-ppc-rescuecd.iso from one of the recommended mirrors and burnt
> it to CD (using InfraRecorder on the pc). Initially the install process
> worked, and it requested a web address to download the images from. I
> chose the monash uni web site (html server) as it is relatively close,
> and the install proceeded up until I hit the 'yes' button for the final
> install process.
>
> 4- After hovering on the 'preparing to install' screen for over an hour
> I got this message:
>
> "The file a2ps-4.13b-69.fc8.ppc.rpm cannot be opened. This is due to a
> missing file, a corrupt package or corrupt media. Please verify your
> installation source.
>
> If you exit, your system will be left in an inconsistent state that will
> likely require reconfiguration."
>
> with the option to reboot or retry. I hit retry and after another hour
> the same message came up again.
>
> 5- After rebooting the mac does not recongnise a bootable file (this was
> not a surprise). I put in the rescue cd, which boots without a problem,
> but requires me to know what to do (ie, use a command line and have a
> clue) to do anything.
>
> 6- I decided that it might work if I tried the live cd, so downloaded
> and burnt that. The live cd boots, goes through all the loading (mount
> dialogue? - with [ok] in green at the end of each line] then the
> computer goes to a black screen and the cd keeps buzzing away but doing
> nothing. I tried to restart the computer and typed in 'install' at the
> boot prompt, but get a message saying something along the lines of not
> recognised, or the iso can't be booted.
>
> 7- Which is where I am now. The HD has been reformatted (the old mac
> software does not recognise it - which is fine because I don't really
> want to go back to the old mac OS), but it has no installed OS that it
> can boot. Is this simply an issue of trying a different mirror to
> install the Fedora operating system, and if so, can you recommend one
> that has all the files intact? Or is the issue that when I burn the CDs
> it is being corrupted there? I can't download the DVD iso as the mac has
> no DVD player, and doing the install over the internet is not a problem
> for me if that is the only way I can do it.
>
> Any advice would be most appreciated.
>
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