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th_kyur
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_ 		2. May 2006 @ 18:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hey!

I am currently trying to install SuSE Linux on a iMac G3 PPC but when i put the first disk in the drive and type "install" it does a bunch of checking from what i can tell then it gives me a line saying "Please supply a config file". After that message a black screen comes up with a "_" on it.

Thats about as far as i get becouse when i try to get the PPC to eject the disk it wont!

I hope somone can help me becouse the computer will be useless to me unless i can put Linux on it.
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tocool4u2
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_ 		2. May 2006 @ 20:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Did you download the right format?
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th_kyur
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_ 		3. May 2006 @ 06:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
There was only SuSE for Windows and a bunch of differnt makes for that one, And SuSE for OSS and the makes for that where: x86, x86-64, PPC.

I choose the PPC becouse i am trying to run it on the old iMac G3 Power PC (Lime). So as far as downloading the right format im almost positive on it!
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I'm not sure on SUSEs PPC support as I hava always used x86 but does it support G3? I know Ubuntu (http://www.ubuntulinux.org/) does have a PPC version and they say theirs does. Are you trying to install SUSE Linux 10.0 for PPC (aka openSUSE). I'd check into G3 support.
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look there is way but only SUSE 10 but you have to go http://en.opensuse.org/PPC_Installation_Issues and read the prossidure, but there other issues too here just one pease of it this copy of the page, Booting of the Installation CD/DVD

CD1 is bootable on all NewWorld G3/G4/G5 Macs, IBM RS/6000 and pSeries, and also on PReP systems. To install on an OldWorld Mac, use BootX (from http://penguinppc.org/~benh/ ). To install on a legacy IBM iSeries systems, boot the CD1/ISERIES64 file as *STMF.

yaboot will automatically pick the correct kernel for your machine.
and this is page http://en.opensuse.org/PPC_Installation_Issues
hope this help's enjoy.
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well you can always go for YELLOW DOG LINUX but you gotta pay for it but it sounds good. http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/
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th_kyur
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Ah no worrys guys, I have since then gotten rid of the Mac! It was more trouble then it was worth if you ask me.

Thanks for all the replys guys i appreciate them all.
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