Harold Johnson wrote: > > I attempted to install this distro from the existing Xubuntu (Dapper) > installer CDs, but I have only been able to install the distro by > installing Breezy server, then upgrading to Dapper server, then > installing xubuntu-desktop. There are probably many other potential PPC > users who are unable to use Xubuntu simply because they are having > tremendous difficulty installing the distro, so I hope -- and plead with > you -- that some development/attention will continue in the area of > compatibility with PPC systems (including OldWorld Macs). Speaking for > myself, I really enjoy using Xubuntu, and find that the distro is quite > stable and useful as a desktop OS on my PPC-based system. I've also > encountered others -- some who have emailed me, others I've met in IRC > channels and discussion lists and such -- who've expressed an interest > in installing and using Xubuntu. Unfortunately, the inability to > install Xubuntu (from the CD, using BootX) to many Macs has presented a > barrier for many potential users of the distro. > > Using BootX to boot and install is currently the standard method of > running Linux on older PPC systems. This method worked without issue > using versions of Ubuntu prior to Dapper. Again, I am > requesting/pleading/hoping against all odds that some Xubuntu (and > generally, Ubuntu) developers will look into making this process work > again, as it was in the past. This is in *no way* to insinuate that > Xubuntu devs have neglected the platform; indeed, I don't know if anyone > expressed an interest, during the past several months of Xubuntu's > development, in making distro compatible with these OldWorld Macs, or if > any testers were available. (I should have made myself available.) In > any case, I am hoping my message/request will be considered and taken > seriously, and I would be most interested in being able to more easily > install Xubuntu, and to help others with getting the distro installed on > other OldWorld PowerBook/Power Mac computers.
The same install routines are used by all the Ubuntu variants, so this is not a Xubuntu problem specifically. There's a forum thread on it here: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-203110.html And apparently it's because the SCSI driver is not enabled in the kernel. This should have been fixed: have you tried Xubuntu 6.06.1? Regards john -- xubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel
