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 > > > > >
