Problems installing Yellow Dog Linux onto Old World Mac

[Jeffrey Rolland]

On Aug 24, 2006, at 2:57 PM, Eric Dunbar wrote:

> On 24/08/06, Jeffrey Rolland <jrolland at softhome.net> wrote:
>> Hello, all!
>>
>> Well, the installer *keeps* hanging, and, after 4 tries with hangs at
>> the exact same point, I am giving up.
>>
>> Debian and Mandriva (nee Mandrake) are the only two distributions
>> that support Old World Macs. I am going to defect and try Debian. I
>> will post my successes and losses for those who cannot update to 4.1
>> on Old World machines.
>>
>> I cannot thank you enough for your support. It was infinitely  
>> helpful.
>
> The installer for 4.0 keeps hanging or for 4.1? The installer for 4.0
> WILL hang at the end. It's a known problem and the work-around is
> simple (I just don't remember off the top of my head).
>
> PS (at the risk of occurring the wrath of the YDLers) I think Ubuntu
> also supports OldWorld Macs (a work-around is needed to install, but,
> that's probably the case with the other distros as well).
>
The installer for *3.0.1* keep hanging; that is *not* supposed to  
happen.

I'll try KUbuntuPPC if Debian doesn't work. Any idea what the work- 
arounds are or where I can look them up?

Sincerely,
--
Jeffrey Rolland
<jrolland at softhome.net>