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! -- Beartooth Oldfart, Neo-Redneck, Linux Convert FC4, YDL 4; Pine 4.63, Pan 0.14.2.91; Privoxy 3.0.3; Dillo 0.8.5, Opera 8.02, Firefox 1.0.6, Epiphany 1.6.1 Remember I have little idea what I am talking about.
