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

[MrKnisely]

Eric Dunbar wrote:

>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:
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>>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:
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>>
>>>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
>>>      
>>>
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Let me get this strait... you're on the Ubuntu Forum lecturing someone 
about how they should not be installing Linux!?!?!  How do you see that 
as being helpful!?!?

Sheesh...

Back to the issue, what is the exact error you get?  Have you tried 
running the install with DMA off?

Mike K.