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

[Steve Calvin]

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> From: Steve Calvin <stevacon at mac.com>
> Date: November 6, 2005 10:53:41 PM PST
> To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: Please Help, I'm begging you: new Powerbook install  
> problem 5.10
>
> 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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