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

Fri Jan 15 17:39:25 UTC 2016

@HH:

Cool.  But, there has to be a yaboot.conf file before anything can be added
to it, right?  Right now there is nothing . . . or, close to it.  There is
no linux side install, can't boot linux CDs, etc . . . no USB boot, no OF.

F

On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 9:34 AM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. <
herminio.hernandezjr at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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