Please Help, I'm begging you: new Powerbook install problem 5.10

[Eric Dunbar]

It's quite hard to diagnose a problem if you don't provide:
1. version of Ubuntu you're trying to install (5.10, given the Subject ;-)
2. source of Ubuntu (d/l, pressed CD, other)

<most important>
3. Type of laptop onto which you are installing
</most important>

There are a _lot_ of different Powerbooks out there!.

3.1 Speed (MHz), processor type (G3 or G4) and Model (e.g. if some
flavour of G3...WallStreet, Lombard, Pismo)
3.2 Size of HD, amount of RAM, CD-RW, CD-ROM or DVD-ROM

4. Are you trying to format the whole disk and install only Ubuntu or
are you adding Ubuntu to an existing setup? If so, what version of OS.

5. How do you boot Ubuntu?

Eric.

On 11/6/05, Steve Calvin <stevacon at mac.com> wrote:
> I can't get the Ubuntu intaller to recognize my cdrom. I get to the
> graphical installer startup, language, location etc., but it asks for a
> floppy(!) with my cdrom driver. It asks me to select a module and then what
> is the /dev/cdrom address of my drive. It says no common drive found, or
> something. I tried /cdrom, /dev/ptmx, /dev/cdrom-which is the default. None
> work. Any ideas? Is my superdrive cd/dvd dual layer too new or?
>
> help, please