****Re: ****Re: ****Re: ****Re: ****Help installing Fedora 8 on iMac G3

[Catherine Fitzgerald]

After 24hrs stuck on the openoffice core file? The computer had stopped 
communicating with the modem so I started it again, but with a custom 
install leaving out openoffice.

The other thing that just occurred to me is that the modem firewall 
could be causing a problem. I keep forgetting that it has its own as I 
have separate firewalls running on all the computers.

Craig White wrote:
> 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
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> On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 12:15 +1100, Catherine Fitzgerald wrote:
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>> 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:
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>>> 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:
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>>>       
>>>> 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:
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>>>>         
>>>>> 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:
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>>>>>> 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:
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>>>>>>> Any progress?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Craig
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, 2008-03-30 at 09:26 +1100, Catherine Fitzgerald wrote:
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>>>>>>>> Ok, shall do that before trying to write another CD
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Craig White wrote:
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>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 2008-03-29 at 15:09 -0700, Craig White wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>> ----
>>>>>>>>>> #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)?
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>>>>>>>>> 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
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