[ydl-gen] Installation

[Luix Gaztañaga]

Hello,
Thanks for the emails I have received.Thanks Derick Centeno and Dale
Swanson. Well, the first installation I didn't use the disk utility to
format the hard drive.I use the cds ( I can't use dvds)directly. Afterwards
I have tried with two live cds :Fedora 8 and ubuntu 5.10 The installations
haven`t worked. Yesterday I tried using the disk utility and reinstalling
YDL 5.0.2 and I don't know why the installation was in text mode.After more
than an hour the installation was completed but in the first boot a login
was required. During the installation the only login I created was the root
and I gave the computer such a username . He dismissed it and he wanted to
change my root password. I have read the install guide that Dale mentioned.I
think I am in text mode and don't  know how to change to graphic mode and
launch the desktop. Perhaps I haven't launch a package called X. I don't
know. My computer features are these:
Imac
PowerPc  G3, 500 MHz, 256 Kb caché.1Gb Sdram and AGP 2X
Hard drive:20 Gb
Graphic card:ATI RAGE 128 Pro with 16 Mb Sdram
Cd-RW device

I am disappointed after so many attempts in different distros. Any help
would be appreciated
Regards

2010/11/12 Dale Swanson <testdir at mac.com>

> Luix Gaztañaga,
>
> I reviewed the installation procedures and successfully installed YDL 5 on
> a spare Macintosh G4 tower with 1GB of RAM and a 60 GB hard drive. The GUI
> installation worked fine, and it booted into the Linux GUI after
> installation.
>
> It may be that your system hardware is not up to the requirements of the
> Installation. According to "A Guide to Installing YELLOW DOG LINUX 5.0.2 for
> Apple PowerPC" [<ydl5.0.2_apple_guide.pdf>], the text installer "is used
> with systems whose graphics cards or monitors are not readily supported or
> systems with less than 200MB RAM." This may limit your GUI options after
> installation as well. One alternative would be to try a YDL Linux 4 release,
> though it may be less secure and robust.
>
> If your hardware choices are limited Linux may still be a viable option,
> but it does require time and effort to perform usefully.  Even so, I have
> found the challenge worthwhile.
>
> Regards,
> Dale
>
>
>
> On Nov 6, 2010, at 8:18 PM, Luix Gaztañaga wrote:
>
> The thing is that I have an old imac and before throwing to the trash I
> would like to run any  Linux distro in a rather easy way ( without using
> terminal). Is that possible without  getting frustrated?.I have tried,
> kubuntu 10.10, xubuntu 10.10, debian 5.0,,ubuntu 8.04,,ubuntu 6.10 . I have
> a similar situation to Yellow Dog with Debian but I can't reach the desktop.
> Linux will be free software but it is not user friendly.
>
> 2010/11/7 . <ddxxlll at gmail.com>
>
>> Not on a POWERPC based cpu.
>> Powerpc arcetecture is only used by older macs.
>> Any x86 or x64 based distro will be easier.
>>
>> Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and all other pre-compiled linux is easir.
>> Gentoo you compile it yourself, and its a 11/10 on how hard it is to
>> install.
>> You have to script a compiler to compile the kernal then compiles all the
>> sources onto it. Takes 3 days man.
>>
>> Lol means laugh out loud.
>> Get a x86 or x64 computer (all new macs and windows)
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Luix Gaztañaga <luixgaz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> What is Lol?. Is there a distro easy to install without being a geek? I
>>> would like an installation without being a nightmare.Today I have spent  the
>>> whole day  installing the  bloody Yellow Dog  without success.
>>>
>>> 2010/11/7 . <ddxxlll at gmail.com>
>>>
>>> Lol no
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Luix Gaztañaga <luixgaz at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I would like a distro that I can see the desktop properly wihout
>>>>> configuring after installing.Is gentoo like that?
>>>>>
>>>>> 2010/11/6 . <ddxxlll at gmail.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> Install gentoo
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Luix Gaztañaga <luixgaz at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have installed 5.0.2 in my imac g3 but when I boot I have a black
>>>>>>> screen with a login . I don't have any idea to solve this situation . What
>>>>>>> do I have to do? Any help will be welcomed.
>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>
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