On Jan 12, 5:22 pm, Bryan Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
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> K7AAY wrote:
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> | 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.
When it only had a 6GB HD in it to start, maybe I did kill it.
> | 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.
didn't get an 'buntu PPC CD so I need to find one. Finally found a
community support distro at
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/hardy/release/
> 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?
gonna learn 'bout them thangs, ah guess.
> | 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.
> | |
>
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