I was hoping that it was still downloading the rest of the packages and that you haven't interrupted because it should eventually finish. Craig On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 12:15 +1100, Catherine Fitzgerald wrote: > Yep. I'm just going to leave it for now and wait a few days before I try > again. Thanks for all your help. > > Craig White wrote: > > 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 > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> > >>> > > > > >
