Re: Netinstall grief on iMac G5

2007-03-05 Thread Mike Hore
Hi Hans, I've had email with someone else with a similar setup to mine (iMac G5, Revision A) -- he said the 3.1 install CD is known to be broken on this hardware. So I'll see if there's a bug on file about it and file one if not. As you say, it appears the specific CD driver needed is probab

Re: Netinstall grief on iMac G5

2007-03-05 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 07:01:45PM +0930, Mike Hore wrote: > I wrote: > >I wrote: > >> > >>Now to work out what CD driver package I should be using... > >I'm still stuck at this point. My iMac G5 has its CD-ROM drive on the > >ATA bus. What am I supposed to do when the installer asks me what >

Re: Netinstall grief on iMac G5

2007-03-05 Thread Mike Hore
I wrote: I wrote: Now to work out what CD driver package I should be using... I'm still stuck at this point. My iMac G5 has its CD-ROM drive on the ATA bus. What am I supposed to do when the installer asks me what driver to use? I really need some newbie-type step-by-step help on doing a

Re: Netinstall grief on iMac G5

2007-03-05 Thread Mike Hore
I wrote: Now to work out what CD driver package I should be using... I'm still stuck at this point. My iMac G5 has its CD-ROM drive on the ATA bus. What am I supposed to do when the installer asks me what driver to use? I really need some newbie-type step-by-step help on doing a netinsta

Re: Netinstall grief on iMac G5

2007-03-05 Thread Mike Hore
Sascha Frey wrote: Hi, On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 15:58 +0930, Mike Hore wrote: Hi folks, I downloaded the netinstall iso image, burned a CD, but I can't boot off it. Am I supposed to do something else? I already have yaboot installed, so on boot I enter "c" for a CD boot. Then I'm getting

Re: Netinstall grief on iMac G5

2007-03-05 Thread Sascha Frey
Hi, On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 15:58 +0930, Mike Hore wrote: > Hi folks, > > I downloaded the netinstall iso image, burned a CD, but I can't boot off > it. Am I supposed to do something else? > > I already have yaboot installed, so on boot I enter "c" for a CD boot. > Then I'm getting what appear

Re: Netinstall grief on iMac G5

2007-03-04 Thread Mike Hore
Jack Malmostoso wrote: On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 07:30:38 +0100, Mike Hore wrote: I downloaded the netinstall iso image, burned a CD, but I can't boot off it. Am I supposed to do something else? Check the md5sum? Just a thought. Hi Jack -- how do I do this? Sorry, this is all a bit new to me.

Re: Netinstall grief on iMac G5

2007-03-04 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 07:30:38 +0100, Mike Hore wrote: > I downloaded the netinstall iso image, burned a CD, but I can't boot off > it. Am I supposed to do something else? Check the md5sum? Just a thought. -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux on AMD64 -- To UNS

Netinstall grief on iMac G5

2007-03-04 Thread Mike Hore
Hi folks, I downloaded the netinstall iso image, burned a CD, but I can't boot off it. Am I supposed to do something else? I already have yaboot installed, so on boot I enter "c" for a CD boot. Then I'm getting what appears to be a memory exception, then it lands me back in Open Firmware a