On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Felix Miata <mrmazda@ij.net> wrote:
The one used for all attempts up until a few minutes ago, manufactured January 2008, Sony NEC Optiarc DDU1615 DVD readonly. Changing to a 24X Matshita readonly CR-585 changed nothing whatsoever - YaST dies at at exactly the same place as every other attempt, with every media burned.
Hey Felix, what type of RAM do you have in that G4? Macs can be VERY picky about the RAM, and for some reason, Linix is even more picky. I've had MacOS run certain RAM just fine, and then have Linux segfault on the same RAM. Can you put the RAM in a different machine and test it and try different RAM in the G4. Also, which G4 do you have? There are many different versions: Sawtooth, Mirror Drive Door, Gigabit, etc. If you are not sure, look here for help: http://lowendmac.com/ppc/index.shtml
Oh, and I also tried installing Fedora 9 via HTTP. It managed to create and format partitions before its (text mode) installer bailed. I would try 11.1 beta 3 ppc if only I could find an iso for it.
That right there leads me to think you may have a hardware issue. I had a bad time with installing 10.0 because it would fail on all my disks for rpm failures, and it wasn't the media. It ended up being hardware, but I can't remember what exactly was the problem now. It was also on a PM 9600, which is older than your Mac. Is your CPU Stock, or is it an upgrade? Some upgrades came overclocked. Also, you might want to try the 10.2 install cds from here: http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/opensuse/distribution/10.2/iso/cd/ The mini cd is 88MB. That would be a good test. 10.2 was a good solid version anyway, but it is being dropped from support tho..... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org