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K7AAY wrote: | I suspect I overwhelmed a Tangerine iBook loaded with Ubuntu 8.04 LTS | by installing too many packages on it, and then allowing Upgrades to | occur when prompted. Tisk Tisk Tisk...blind updates seem to be a big issue with Ubuntu guys. When you treat your GNU/Linux install like a Windows install, you must bear the brunt. I have an old ibook dual usb with a 60 gig hd in it; she runs Debian and has nearly 10 gigs of packages. Just loading packages didn't kill your system. | | 1) Where might I find an ISO of a PowerPC friendly OS so I may go into | the filesystem and purge the wretched excess? I've made Live CDs on my | ThinkPad of PPC Linux distros, but they fail to boot when I select the | CD-ROM at boot time. Most install CD's have a live counterpart to them so you can boot from your Ubuntu ppc CD, open a virtual terminal, mount the filesystem and do as you wish; rm -rf if it makes you happy. Pinpoint your the cause instead of haphazardly yanking things out. That is the same ideology that got you into this jam in the first place. Have you actually looked at the crash dumps? | | 2) Perhaps a larger HD is in order... Will the iBook power supply | permit any 5400rpm 2.5" drive which physically fits, or are there | power limitations? What's the maximum amperage/wattage, both start-up | and steady-state, safe in this iBook? One Seagate 5400rpm drive hawked | by a reseller as being compatible quotes 1A at 5vDC at startup, power | used in seek of 2W max (i.e., 400ma), forex. Just slap it in an go, I've installed 3 different drives(5400 rpm yes) in my ibook that I rescued from laptops with dead mobo's. There is no "mac" drive or "ibook" harddrive. The only thing in a mac that's unique solely to macs' is the logic board, beyond that all else is garden variety. Plug and play my friend Bryan | | | Thank you kindly, all, in advance, for your on-topic responses. | | - -- A healthy diet includes Linux, Linux and more Linux. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAklr7LgACgkQh+MLjl5SKYTkOACZAZGBbkDz4uIYnH9OgQAUJZyZ CYAAn0xYSOHSbrXiPQzvNdevcGFV0HTi =5FC5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
