Please Help, I'm begging you: new Powerbook install problem 5.10

[Eric Dunbar]

All right, I re-read your post elsewhere and noticed the "new"
monniker and the "super drive" comment.

Presumably you're running some newer flavour of PowerBook G4?

<flippant remark> If so, _why_ are you trying to install a Linux onto
it. It's kind of like buying a Porsche and driving on a 20 km/h
street, you're going to lose out on the advantages of a new machine,
without gaining the benefits inherent in a Porsche (don't give me the
nonsense of "it runs faster" b/c on a fast G4 you're not going to
notice a whit of difference)! </flippant remark>

Eric.

On 11/6/05, Eric Dunbar <eric.dunbar at gmail.com> wrote:
> It's quite hard to diagnose a problem if you don't provide:
> 1. version of Ubuntu you're trying to install (5.10, given the Subject ;-)
> 2. source of Ubuntu (d/l, pressed CD, other)
>
> <most important>
> 3. Type of laptop onto which you are installing
> </most important>
>
> There are a _lot_ of different Powerbooks out there!.
>
> 3.1 Speed (MHz), processor type (G3 or G4) and Model (e.g. if some
> flavour of G3...WallStreet, Lombard, Pismo)
> 3.2 Size of HD, amount of RAM, CD-RW, CD-ROM or DVD-ROM
>
> 4. Are you trying to format the whole disk and install only Ubuntu or
> are you adding Ubuntu to an existing setup? If so, what version of OS.
>
> 5. How do you boot Ubuntu?
>
> Eric.
>
> On 11/6/05, Steve Calvin <stevacon at mac.com> wrote:
> > I can't get the Ubuntu intaller to recognize my cdrom. I get to the
> > graphical installer startup, language, location etc., but it asks for a
> > floppy(!) with my cdrom driver. It asks me to select a module and then what
> > is the /dev/cdrom address of my drive. It says no common drive found, or
> > something. I tried /cdrom, /dev/ptmx, /dev/cdrom-which is the default. None
> > work. Any ideas? Is my superdrive cd/dvd dual layer too new or?
> >
> > help, please
>