Aaron...had you bothered to read her e-mail, she clearly stated Fedora-8-ppc-rescuecd.iso Craig On Sat, 2008-03-29 at 16:50 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > 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. > > > -- > ======================================================================= > You are absolute plate-glass. I see to the very back of your mind. -- > Sherlock Holmes > ======================================================================= > Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
