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Re: Issue installing 11.1 on imac
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Hans Krueger wrote:
> Richard (MQ) wrote:
>> Chuck Payne wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I am using the DVD ISO for 11.1, I select just a basic install. But it
>>> fails when it get to the Boot Loader Settings. Says it can't find an
>>> image to install. I would hope this is the last iso, as I just
>>> download this weekend. To tell me that I have to use net install, you
>>> got to be kidding. If this is a know issue, why not fix it. I don't
>>> have the bandwith for a netinstall, that's why I download the iso.
>>> Even that took a two days. Usually any other distro take about an hour
>>> or so for downloads.
>>>
>> I use the NET install CD to start the machine (which only has a CD
>> drive, no DVD). It will then automagically find the DVD in an external
>> reader, or on a local networked machine shared via vsftp.
>>
>> I don't have a PPC machine with a DVD reader so I've never tried to
>> install that way - anyone else out there who has?
>>
> I went through that and
> when I did the self check of the disc it said it was bad
> to make a long story short I in stalled debian on it they have an
> install on cd for mac
> I wanted suse on it because I know suse but it was not to be
>
>
I have had success installing openSUSE DVD on my Mac G4 in the past. I
think it was 11.0, but 11.1 should be no different. There were
corruption issues like you're all describing here during the install
until I burned the DVD at *4x* speed. This takes some time as you
might guess, but the install worked with a slowly brewed DVD.
The bigger issue for me is that the openSUSE kernel does not detect SMP,
and fails a custom recompile with SMP enabled. So I can't use both
processors. This led me to use Fedora on my Mac which sees both of my
processors right out of the box, but I still use openSUSE everywhere
else. ;-)
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> Richard (MQ) wrote:
>> Chuck Payne wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I am using the DVD ISO for 11.1, I select just a basic install. But it
>>> fails when it get to the Boot Loader Settings. Says it can't find an
>>> image to install. I would hope this is the last iso, as I just
>>> download this weekend. To tell me that I have to use net install, you
>>> got to be kidding. If this is a know issue, why not fix it. I don't
>>> have the bandwith for a netinstall, that's why I download the iso.
>>> Even that took a two days. Usually any other distro take about an hour
>>> or so for downloads.
>>>
>> I use the NET install CD to start the machine (which only has a CD
>> drive, no DVD). It will then automagically find the DVD in an external
>> reader, or on a local networked machine shared via vsftp.
>>
>> I don't have a PPC machine with a DVD reader so I've never tried to
>> install that way - anyone else out there who has?
>>
> I went through that and
> when I did the self check of the disc it said it was bad
> to make a long story short I in stalled debian on it they have an
> install on cd for mac
> I wanted suse on it because I know suse but it was not to be
>
>
I have had success installing openSUSE DVD on my Mac G4 in the past. I
think it was 11.0, but 11.1 should be no different. There were
corruption issues like you're all describing here during the install
until I burned the DVD at *4x* speed. This takes some time as you
might guess, but the install worked with a slowly brewed DVD.
The bigger issue for me is that the openSUSE kernel does not detect SMP,
and fails a custom recompile with SMP enabled. So I can't use both
processors. This led me to use Fedora on my Mac which sees both of my
processors right out of the box, but I still use openSUSE everywhere
else. ;-)
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