| this is the message, usually get them daily, any Help to get these off??? ~k Amit Uttamchandani a écrit : > On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:42:45 -0400 > "Tomislav V. Butkovic" <tomislav.butkovic@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'm installing debian lenny on an ibook g4 800mhz 360+mb ram and the Did you add the RAM yourself or was it added by your friend ? Do you know the brand, and its age ? >> installation process keeps freezing during various points of the >> installation during various installation attempts. Most commonly >> during the partintioning or during the installation of the base >> system. The farthest I've gotten in the installation of the base >> system is 98% then it froze. I am not sure what the problem here is. >> It seems that the longer period of time that the machine is off, the >> farther it can go through with the installation. To me this sounds like a faulty RAM problem. Try removing any additionnal RAM module and install Debian the usual way. >> I got the ibook from a friend with no hard drive. I put a 160gb >> seagate hard drive in, pata. I have tried installing ubuntu, >> opensuse, and now debian. Debian is the only installer that has >> gotten this far without any other problems. Has this iBook got any other problem before that you're aware of ? >> Any help would be appreciated. I am new to linux, though I strongly >> support the concept of community run open source software development >> and the free distribution of information. >> >> Thank You, >> >> tomislav > [...] > Instead of installing the whole base system. Simply use the net-install > CD and install the most basic system. This means when you are asked to > select what kind of install you want, disable the 'Desktop System'. Is there any memory testing tool for powerpc ? AFAIK, memtest is only for x86 ... Could be usefull to detect RAM problems. Regards, benjamin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org |