[conspire] Re: Cabal issues + Ubuntu on iMac

[Tony Godshall]

The iMac booted OK and continued the install.  Looked like
some of the packages hadn't downloaded completely, so it
just resumed downloading, and ultimately booted up into
ubuntu.  

Thanks for your help.

My laptop troubles turned out to be hardware (I verified
that by rolling back to older versions and the kernel locks
occured there also when ethernet was plugged in).  I'm using
external ethernet till I get around to sending it back to
Dell for repair.

According to Tony Godshall,
> 
> 
> According to Daniel Gimpelevich,
> > On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 19:18:53 -0700, Tony Godshall wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > According to Daniel Gimpelevich,
> > >> [quoted text muted]
> > > 
> > > Thanks for the help.
> > > 
> > > 1. It has Debian in one partition... was going to run OSX in
> > > MaconLinux, but the OSX disc was bad apparently, more maybe
> > > it was that firmware issue you speak of.
> > 
> > Last I checked, MOL did not yet support 10.4.x, but 10.3.9 works
> > reasonably well.
> > 
> > > 2. No idea what firmware version.  Tried to update it
> > > myself... don't recall if it was a success or not.
> > 
> > If you have Mac OS 9.x, it would be worth trying again if not successful.
> > 
> > > 3. Current contents can be wiped.  I'll bring an extra hard
> > > drive, but I understand there are heat issues with drives
> > > past 5000 RPM.  Am considering dismantling it to deal with 
> > > that and use an external (much larger) monitor anyway.
> > 
> > I doubt it can drive a larger monitor, and there is also an issue of HD
> > max. capacity and bus speed.
> > 
> > > I'm not sure I care much whether it's Ubuntu or Kubuntu.
> > 
> > If we end up having to net-install, the question will be moot, and even if
> > installing from a Kubuntu or Ubuntu CD, the other half can be grabbed off
> > the net, so the question only pertained to which CD to use for the initial
> > install.
> > 
> > > Would certainly appreciate help from someone who's been
> > > there.  I went partly down the path once before but it was 
> > > a while ago and I made some bad partition choices etc., so 
> > > I figure I might as well start again with a new (larger) drive.
> > 
> > I doubt your old drive is too small, unless you plan on spending a fair
> > amount of time in OS X, in which case, you'll want more RAM, too.
> > 
> > >> [quoted text muted]
> > > 
> > > Thanks for the offer!  I'd love a ride.  I was planning on
> > > going down on CalTrain.  My mobile is 415-314-0913.  What
> > > time are you heading down?
> > 
> > I plan on starting to head south sometime around 4. Last I checked,
> > CalTrain still wasn't running on weekends, and not at all to the East Bay.
> > But if you can get your machine across the bay, the rest is a cakewalk.
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> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Tony
> 

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Best Regards,

Tony