Ubuntu live CD - nervous!

[J. Simon van der Walt]

What should actually happen when you boot from an Ubuntu live CD? Pismo,
Ubuntu warty, burned from .iso using Toast Ti 5.2. Put the cd in,
alt-booted to get into OpenFirmware. Sure enough, see penguin icon.
Selected that, then screen went dark grey with seven or eight vertical
bands. These just sat there for a looong time getting gradually
darker...

... at which point I crapped out thinking 'oh no, Linux is frying my
display', and turned it off. Should I have just waited? Or what should
happen?

Ta,

[Jack Malmostoso]

Post by J. Simon van der Walt
Should I have just waited? Or what should
happen?

Not sure the ubuntu livecd supports the pismos. You should check that.

[J. Simon van der Walt]

Post by Jack Malmostoso

Post by J. Simon van der Walt
Should I have just waited? Or what should
happen?

Not sure the ubuntu livecd supports the pismos. You should check that.

All I could find was this;

http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/HardwareSupportMachinesLaptopsApple

So I guess nobody knows...

[Nearly Normal Jimmy]

Post by J. Simon van der Walt
What should actually happen when you boot from an Ubuntu live CD? Pismo,
Ubuntu warty, burned from .iso using Toast Ti 5.2. Put the cd in,
alt-booted to get into OpenFirmware. Sure enough, see penguin icon.
Selected that, then screen went dark grey with seven or eight vertical
bands. These just sat there for a looong time getting gradually
darker...
... at which point I crapped out thinking 'oh no, Linux is frying my
display', and turned it off. Should I have just waited? Or what should
happen?
Ta,

i d/l the live Ubuntu iso and burned it to disc using Toast Titanium 6.
loaded the disc into the drive (this is on a 400 MHz Blue and White)
and restarted while holding the c key down.

everything worked as it should have, booted into Ubuntu. worked fine,
though sluggish because of running off the CD rather than HD, i guess.

fully functional, logged onto the web, tried out other features, no
problems.

sorry, i don't have enough knowledge of linux to help you, but it
worked for me, so maybe there's hope for you.

As someone said, check and see if your machine is supported.

Jim

[jim bob and joe bob]

Post by Nearly Normal Jimmy

Post by J. Simon van der Walt
What should actually happen when you boot from an Ubuntu live CD? Pismo,
Ubuntu warty, burned from .iso using Toast Ti 5.2. Put the cd in,
alt-booted to get into OpenFirmware. Sure enough, see penguin icon.
Selected that, then screen went dark grey with seven or eight vertical
bands. These just sat there for a looong time getting gradually
darker...
... at which point I crapped out thinking 'oh no, Linux is frying my
display', and turned it off. Should I have just waited? Or what should
happen?
Ta,

i d/l the live Ubuntu iso and burned it to disc using Toast Titanium 6.
loaded the disc into the drive (this is on a 400 MHz Blue and White)
and restarted while holding the c key down.
everything worked as it should have, booted into Ubuntu. worked fine,
though sluggish because of running off the CD rather than HD, i guess.
fully functional, logged onto the web, tried out other features, no
problems.
sorry, i don't have enough knowledge of linux to help you, but it
worked for me, so maybe there's hope for you.
As someone said, check and see if your machine is supported.
Jim

I too wonder if your machine is supported. I have had no success with
my beige G3 which I think may be contemporary with your pismo. I was
able to get the i386 version to boot and partially install on an old
pentium mmx box but the serial mouse was not recognized. I had little
choice but to power down and start over. Ubuntu, being a relative
newcomer, Seems to not support some of the older hardware. You might
want to try a Debian release or some other flavor entirely. There are
live cds for some other flavors if you prefer to go that route.
kk