[lubuntu-users] Any feedback on reviving a G3 iBook PPC testingmachine??

Fri Jan 15 17:34:30 UTC 2016

add this line to your yaboot.conf

> enableofboot

then reload your conf file and reboot. You should be able from yaboot now
to enter the open firmware section w/o using the keystrokes.

Herminio

On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Fritz Hudnut <este.el.paz at gmail.com>
wrote:

> @PG, et al:
>
> Tried to boot to open firmware, not surprisingly it didn't work; I tried
> two times.  I got the 10.3 install CD out again and put it in the tray . .
> . that booted the installer . . . .  I clicked "install" . . . this time
> less than a minute later it error-ed out . . . "There were problems
> installing the software, please restart."  I took a shot of the screen
> showing that message . . . it's looking "terminal" . . . no?
>
> F
>
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 7:56 AM, Fritz Hudnut <este.el.paz at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> @Peter G:
>>
>> Thanks for the reply, I'll try to test out some of those linuxjemac.be
>> options in the coming week(s) . . . the "Boot CD" commands look easy enough
>> . . . at this point it might be that for real "netboot" might be the only
>> option, but the complication and time look way beyond my pay grade . . . .
>> I'll post back with updates as I get them.
>>
>> F
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 1:21 AM, Peter Golis <golisp at centrum.sk> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Fritz,
>>>
>>> As first, clean information how to boot NewWorkd PPC machines from Apple
>>> is on link http://mac.linux.be/content/booting-open-firmware , please
>>> bookmark it. You can see many other how to across internet.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> As second, Apple MAC OS X installation medium can boot also if boot from
>>> CDROM is disabled in OFI. Linux  installation medium don't boot when
>>> booting from CDROM is disabled in OFI, even if you will press 'c' key prior
>>> chime. But you can boot to open firmware and select boot from 'cd'. Be
>>> aware, 'cd' is only alias.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> As third, please review how was burn Linux installation CD, and if that
>>> ancient Combo CDRW/DVDR can read it in propped way. For checking you can
>>> use MAC OS X on that hardware.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Peter.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ______________________________________________________________
>>> > Od: Fritz Hudnut <este.el.paz at gmail.com>
>>> > Komu: Walter Lapchynski <wxl at ubuntu.com>, lubuntu user list <
>>> lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>> > Dátum: 11.01.2016 22:59
>>> > Predmet: [lubuntu-users] Any feedback on reviving a G3 iBook PPC
>>> testingmachine??
>>> >
>>> Folks:
>>>
>>> Got one of those PPC machines for testing lubuntu, iBook G3 800 MHz 346
>>>> MB Ram . . . tried to do some basic stuff like boot a CD/DVD using the c
>>>> key, and/or the option key to boot some CD or DVD or I tried a USB drive
>>>> that way as well . . . it just bypassed and rebooted into OSX 10.2.8.
>>>> Tried to install applejack, but the install "fails."  I thought it was
>>>> because the previous owner was still "admin/root" so I added myself as
>>>> "admin" . . . .  Realizing that nothing boots except OSX installer via GUI
>>>> "restart" and I tried to upgrade to 10.3 . . . that "failed" part way
>>>> through.  The only thing that worked via keyboard was doing a "safe boot."
>>>> That was yesterday.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Today, I tried again today to do an "erase/install" upgrade to 10.3
>>>> (thinking that somehow the PO had set it up to refuse installs) . . . and
>>>> it error-ed out in disk 1 again . . . and now the HD is wiped clean and it
>>>> can only reboot into the install disk (which fails to install anything).
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> So, I don't know what "can't write to disk" is exactly a sign of, but
>>>> several attempts to install software have failed . . . the CD ROM is
>>>> "glitchy" as it is being used to install it sounds like rubber bands are
>>>> twanging as the drive "spings up" the data to wherever it is going . . . .
>>>> I don't have the spare change to spend any money on hardware repairs for
>>>> it.  Basically the OSX installer erased the install, so the OP's data is
>>>> gone, but 2 attempts to do an install have failed during the process.  I
>>>> also tried to use a 10.4 install DVD disk, but, that didn't mount at all.
>>>>
>>>> I'm sort of considering it a "paperweight" at this point.  It's very
>>>> basic; I can't boot any disk using the C key, I can't get anything to show
>>>> up using the option key, I can't install anything . . . .   I've tried
>>>> everything I know to try to revive it . . . .
>>>>
>>>> If someone on the list could tell me anything to try to run in open
>>>> firmware, I ***might*** try to do that, but since it isn't responding to
>>>> any keys on reboot (except safe boot) I doubt I can boot it to OF . . .  I'm
>>>> thinking this is the sweet spot between "old" hardware taking a dive and
>>>> HD/cpu problems effecting software side . . . ???  Any thoughts, special
>>>> insights into reviving the G3 iBook ???
>>>>
>>>> F
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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>>>
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