Factory openSUSE-NET-ppc-Build0022-Media.iso

[Luciano Mannucci]

Hello all again!

having lost my mac boot partition few days ago, one of the first tries
I did to fix was to "upgrade" to factory version. So I tryed to boot
the openSUSE-NET-ppc-Build0022-Media.iso and tried to install, even if
I noticed that the volume is labelled "FIXME".

Indeed it does not install.

I stumbled into two problems: it doesn't work through a squid proxy and
it doesn't see my ATA hard disk at all. The first problem could be
easily bypasswd by hooking the mac directly to the internet. The second
is something that I don't know if I can do something about. Reverting
to good old 11.1 release I see nothing labeled "ata" if i issue an
lsmod command, so I don't know which driver is to blame (sungem?).

Is there something I should do to help fixing that? Should I file a
report to bugzilla?

Thanks again, and excuse my poor english,

Luciano Mannucci.

[Richard (MQ)]

Post by Luciano Mannucci
Hello all again!
having lost my mac boot partition few days ago, one of the first tries
I did to fix was to "upgrade" to factory version. So I tryed to boot
the openSUSE-NET-ppc-Build0022-Media.iso and tried to install, even if
I noticed that the volume is labelled "FIXME".
Indeed it does not install.
I stumbled into two problems: it doesn't work through a squid proxy and
it doesn't see my ATA hard disk at all. The first problem could be
easily bypasswd by hooking the mac directly to the internet. The second
is something that I don't know if I can do something about. Reverting
to good old 11.1 release I see nothing labeled "ata" if i issue an
lsmod command, so I don't know which driver is to blame (sungem?).
Is there something I should do to help fixing that? Should I file a
report to bugzilla?
Thanks again, and excuse my poor english,
Luciano Mannucci.

Hi Luciano

I think this list is pretty much dead now, since the openSuSE project
all but stopped PPC development in 2009. I'd forgotten I was still
subscribed!

The last OSL version I managed to install (on an iMac G5) was 11.0 which
was a few years ago now and no longer supported. I don't think there has
been anything installable since, though factory upgrading may work.

To work through the proxy try the form http://user:***@rest_of_url
(or ftp:// ditto) - this usually works for me.

As far as bugzilla goes, I wouldn't bother.

And your English is much much better than my Italian!

[Luciano Mannucci]

On Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:27:50 +0000

Post by Richard (MQ)
was a few years ago now and no longer supported. I don't think there has
been anything installable since, though factory upgrading may work.

Well, the 11.1 version is the last made by Suse that I know of.
It is still downlowdable from old mirrors, easyly googlable.
It is the one I'm running right now on my Powerbook :-)

Post by Richard (MQ)
(or ftp:// ditto) - this usually works for me.

I don't need user/password to access the proxy. The problem is that
*after* the boot (which is done via proxy correctly), it seems unable
to run the installation program. That looks a bit like a problem in
the initrd.

Post by Richard (MQ)
As far as bugzilla goes, I wouldn't bother.

I think you're right. I was asking just in case of a former PPC
developper where still alive... :)


Thanks for your answer anyway,

Luciano Mannucci.