Might as well let it go as I would expect that their 24 window of bandwidth limiting will expire. I'm also thinking that the same bandwidth limiting would occur if you download the DVD - that is 3.9 Gb which I would assume to be larger than the bandwidth required to do the install via http. Craig On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 07:11 +1100, Catherine Fitzgerald wrote: > lol... we are talking Telstra here, they are not known for being > sympathetic. > > If it hasn't got any further tonight I will start looking at other > installation options. Either a custom install without Openoffice (and > install it later) or a varient on Tim's idea and somehow make my pc a > repository, then just do some sort of network connection to it instead. > I'm not quite sure how to go about that, but I'll figure it out eventually. > > Craig White wrote: > > 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 > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> > >>> > > > > >
