On 11/25/2004 04:26:57 AM, mcwimpy(a)gmx.at wrote: I think you have to boot from a boot.iso (they are at the duke mirror for FC2 and FC3T2) and either ftp or nfs install. Please note that the boot.iso doesn't support network on all hardware, such as my first gen iMac. If the boot.iso fails to bring up your network, you aren't without possibilities - I had to install a bare bones YDL 3.0, remove as many rpm's as I could (and some more to resolve conflicts), manually update glibc and and a couple of other things that had epoch or version issues with FC versions, install Fedora release and Fedora yum, and then update from there - all without rebooting. The FC2 kernel did not properly boot my iMac - well it booted, but keyboard and network were broken. FC3T2 kernel would allow my keyboard to work but would not bring up my network. Hint - after getting to FC3T2 but still booted from YDL kernel, mirror the FC3T3 rpm packages and the groups xml file, use the createrepo rpm from x86 FC3 (it's noarch) to create new repodata - and install yum from x86 FC3 (it's noarch) Then point yum to the ppc FC3T2 tree on the HD and then you can do "yum grouplist" to see available groups of software and "yum groupinstall" to install entire groups of software. Necessary since going from YDL 3.0 to FC3T2 involves a very minimal YDL install. I never got networking on my iMac to work, and I gave up rather quickly - the newer kernels from rawhide wanted other things updated. Not worth the hassle for me since I would have to burn crap to CD to get it to the iMac. So hopefully a future PPC fedora tree with a boot.iso that boots my iMac will emerge. I may just junk the iMac though and buy an eMac - they are cheap and a lot faster.

On 11/25/2004 04:51:24 PM, Colin Charles wrote: Not using dhcp - using a static IP on my lan. Network init script says it was starting, but eth0 was never brought up. It's possible that the network (ifcfg-eth0) setting set up by YDL were not sufficient for FC - I tried manually adjusting ifcfg-eth0 to look similar to the ifcfg-eth0 on an x86 FC3 box, but that didn't work - even when I tried modprobing various modules I thought might be responsible. I also tried running the network config tool - it didn't recognize eth0. I suspect it may be fixed by a newer kernel, but there were deps not installed when I tried to install it - I really need to get one of those USB keychain thingies, but I don't have one. I tried modprobing mace, sungem, a few others that looked reasonable (I believe mace is the correct one) - but the installed kernel is kind of old (from C3T2). I want to try with a newer kernel before I file any bug reports. I also want to pick up a USB key before I file a bug report, to make it easier to try different kernels. While I highly doubt this has anything to do with it, this is a first gen iMac but it has a Newer 433 G4 cpu daughtercard installed (opposed to the 233 G3 it came with) - It's the second rev of the mobo (the one used for Rev B/C/D iMacs)

On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 13:26 +0100, mcwimpy(a)gmx.at wrote: boot.iso stopped being generated, on not only PPC, I understand. There's an open bug report on this, and I'm sure it'll be fixed in due time There's a older tree at: http://fedoraproject.org/fedorappc/ There's also a FC3 release hidden somewhere *grin*, which at some stage we need to release it even if its semi-broken -- Colin Charles, byte(a)aeon.com.my http://www.bytebot.net/ "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Mohandas Gandhi