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

[Steve Calvin]

LOL.

I currently have a Powerbook 1.67mhz, 15in., 'Hi-Res', the newest PB.  
Before that I had a 1.25mhz, 15in. PB. The differences are minimal,  
but the new PB uses DDR2 SDRAM and the 'superdrive' does dual layer  
DVD burning.

I had Hoary and Breezy running fine on the older PB.

I am trying to install Breezy off a downloaded disk image that I  
burned. The new PB starts up from this disk fine, and then the Ubuntu  
installer starts, you know the rest...

Actually, I have my HD all Mac OS, I was going to see if the  
installer would let me install into freespace. (yeah, probably dumb).  
Barring that I would reformat into a partition scheme for both Mac  
and Ubuntu, install Mac, then Ubuntu.

Well, why run Ubuntu on it? I got used to having it on the old PB,  
and like being able to fiddle around with Linux. Thats about it. I'm  
just trying to see what the fuss is all about. I like Ubuntu so much  
I was tempted to go with a Intel or  AMD64 based laptop, which would  
have been all Linux. (Well maybe a little windows).

Steve



On Nov 6, 2005, at 5:00 PM, 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:
>> 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
>>
>
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