[LUNI] Can anyone help me get xubuntu installed?

[Chris Scullard]

Hi David,

A good place to start is the Ubuntu forums. For example, here is a 
rather long thread from a year ago by someone with your problem:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=300122

There are various suggestions there and the person did eventually get 
his working. Some people claim to have had success by burning the CD's 
at the slowest possible speed because apparently the G3 cdroms are 
touchy, so you might want to give that a try for starters.

Chris

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> Can anyone help an new Linux user get xubuntu installed? 
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> I had xubuntu 6.10, then 7.04 running just fine on my g3 powerbook mac 192mb, 6gb, 400mhz, cd, "lombard". Then when I tried running automatic updates to upgrade to 7.10, which I had done before, the system crashed. Since then, I have been unable to reinstall the os, even when attempting directly from the alternate ppc disk. 
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> First, I was getting the following warning:
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> Automatic detection: 
> no common cd-rom drive was detected (may need to load additional
>  drivers)
> -may be old mitsumi or other non-IDE, non-SCSI
> -------------------------------------------------
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> and then, the install made it through most of the steps but got snagged when installing the base system. It said:
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> Warning: failure trying to run:
> chroot /target mount -t proc proc /proc
>
> Base system installation error
> The debootstrap program exited with an error
> (return value 1). Check /var/log/syslog or see virtual console 4 for
>  the details
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> Failure to install the base system
> The base system installation into /target/ failed. Check
>  /var/log/syslog or see virtual console 4 for details
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> An installation step failed. You can try to run the failing item again
>  from the menu, or skip it and choose something else. The failing step
>  is: Install the base system
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> Choose the next step in the install process
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> Choose language
> Configure the keyboard
> Detect and mount CD-ROM
> Load Debconf preconfiguration file
> Load installer components from CD
> Detect network hardware
> Configure the network
> Detect disks
> Partition disks
> Configure the time zone
> Configure the clock
> Set up users and passwords
> Install the base system
> Configure the package manager
> Select and install software
> Build LTSP chroot
> Install yaboot on a hard disk
> continue without boot loader
> Finish the installation
> Change debconf priority
> Check the CD-ROM(s) integrity
> Save debug logs
> Execute a shell
> Eject cd from the drive
> About the installation
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> At this point, I tried choosing "finish the installation" which did not work. Then I tried "check the CD-ROM(s) integrity" and got the following warning:
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> No valid ubuntu CD-ROM
> The CD-ROM you have inserted is not a valid ubuntu CD-ROM. Please
>  change the disk. 
> -------------------------------------------------
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> This happened no matter which version of the install disk I tried (despite that they have worked before--even recently)
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> Now what? Can anyone help a new user get linux back??!! The cd was working recently, as were the install disks...
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> Thanks in advance,
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> David
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