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

[Catherine Fitzgerald]

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:
>
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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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