[opensuse-ppc] Factory openSUSE-NET-ppc-Build0022-Media.iso
Hello all again! having lost my mac boot partition few days ago, one of the first tries I did to fix was to "upgrade" to factory version. So I tryed to boot the openSUSE-NET-ppc-Build0022-Media.iso and tried to install, even if I noticed that the volume is labelled "FIXME". Indeed it does not install. I stumbled into two problems: it doesn't work through a squid proxy and it doesn't see my ATA hard disk at all. The first problem could be easily bypasswd by hooking the mac directly to the internet. The second is something that I don't know if I can do something about. Reverting to good old 11.1 release I see nothing labeled "ata" if i issue an lsmod command, so I don't know which driver is to blame (sungem?). Is there something I should do to help fixing that? Should I file a report to bugzilla? Thanks again, and excuse my poor english, Luciano Mannucci. -- /"\ /Via A. Salaino, 7 - 20144 Milano (Italy) \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN / PHONE : +39 2 485781 FAX: +39 2 48578250 X AGAINST HTML MAIL / E-MAIL: posthamster@sublink.sublink.ORG / \ AND POSTINGS / WWW: http://www.mannucci.ORG/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+help@opensuse.org
On 09/03/11 18:03, Luciano Mannucci wrote:
Hello all again!
having lost my mac boot partition few days ago, one of the first tries I did to fix was to "upgrade" to factory version. So I tryed to boot the openSUSE-NET-ppc-Build0022-Media.iso and tried to install, even if I noticed that the volume is labelled "FIXME".
Indeed it does not install.
I stumbled into two problems: it doesn't work through a squid proxy and it doesn't see my ATA hard disk at all. The first problem could be easily bypasswd by hooking the mac directly to the internet. The second is something that I don't know if I can do something about. Reverting to good old 11.1 release I see nothing labeled "ata" if i issue an lsmod command, so I don't know which driver is to blame (sungem?).
Is there something I should do to help fixing that? Should I file a report to bugzilla?
Thanks again, and excuse my poor english,
Luciano Mannucci.
Hi Luciano I think this list is pretty much dead now, since the openSuSE project all but stopped PPC development in 2009. I'd forgotten I was still subscribed! The last OSL version I managed to install (on an iMac G5) was 11.0 which was a few years ago now and no longer supported. I don't think there has been anything installable since, though factory upgrading may work. To work through the proxy try the form http://user:password@rest_of_url (or ftp:// ditto) - this usually works for me. As far as bugzilla goes, I wouldn't bother. And your English is much much better than my Italian! -- Cheers Richard (MQ) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+help@opensuse.org
On Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:27:50 +0000
"Richard (MQ)"
was a few years ago now and no longer supported. I don't think there has been anything installable since, though factory upgrading may work. Well, the 11.1 version is the last made by Suse that I know of. It is still downlowdable from old mirrors, easyly googlable. It is the one I'm running right now on my Powerbook :-)
To work through the proxy try the form http://user:password@rest_of_url (or ftp:// ditto) - this usually works for me. I don't need user/password to access the proxy. The problem is that *after* the boot (which is done via proxy correctly), it seems unable to run the installation program. That looks a bit like a problem in the initrd.
As far as bugzilla goes, I wouldn't bother. I think you're right. I was asking just in case of a former PPC developper where still alive... :)
Thanks for your answer anyway, Luciano Mannucci. -- /"\ /Via A. Salaino, 7 - 20144 Milano (Italy) \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN / PHONE : +39 2 485781 FAX: +39 2 48578250 X AGAINST HTML MAIL / E-MAIL: posthamster@sublink.sublink.ORG / \ AND POSTINGS / WWW: http://www.mannucci.ORG/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+help@opensuse.org
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