I would call them and beg for a 24 hour window of 'unlimited' to accomplish the task at hand...you *might* get someone sympathetic to your plight. Craig On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 06:15 +1100, Catherine Fitzgerald wrote: > Some progress yes, but at the moment its taking forever (and I mean > forever - over 12hrs now) to install the openoffice core. I think my ISP > has throttled my download speed to almost nothing (the price of cheap > unlimitted broadband is that when Telstra slows it down once you hit a > certain amount, they really slow it down). The progress report > (ctrl-alt-F3) has no errors, and the computer is still ticking away and > talking to my modem. Basically, the install is at 65%, with another 200 > odd packages to install, and I'm hoping it's just a matter of being > extremely patient and hoping that when I get home from work tonight it > will have got a bit further. > > Oh, and I am using the text mode install > > Craig White wrote: > > 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 > >>> > >>> > >>> > > > > >
