There is now (07-18-2010) an oversized version available which may have
repaired this problem. I am unable to verify this because the eMac that
I have has a CD reader only. The oversized iso would fit on a DVD, but
not on a CD.
I next attempted to put the iso on a USB stick to install from that.
Symbolic link errors indicated I had a FAT32 file system on the USB.
cp: cannot create symbolic link `/media/usb1/dists/stable': Operation not
permitted
cp: cannot create symbolic link `/media/usb1/dists/unstable': Operation not
permitted
cp: cannot create symbolic link `/media/usb1/ubuntu': Operation not
permitted
What to do? Open Firmware will only read HFS. It's not clear to me how to
format the USB into HFS or how to create softlinks in HFS. Also, once I format
the USB into HFS, so that Open Firmware can find and read the USB, it will
presumably load the Linux kernel which itself would appear unable to read the
files on a USB that needs read by Linux. Accordingly, if the USB installation
needs to rely on symlinks inside the iso, there is an apparent Catch-22 that
prevents USB installation, unless I have overlooked something.
I will wait until the daily build iso returns to a CD burnable size
before I attempt this distro again.
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Maverick alt PPC installer error during base
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