On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:42:45 -0400
"Tomislav V. Butkovic" <
tomislav.butkovic@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm installing debian lenny on an ibook g4 800mhz 360+mb ram and the
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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