[ILUG] live ppc cd?

[Conor Wynne]

On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 22:14:03 +0100, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:

> Quoting Conor Wynne (conor at discuskeeping.com):
>
>> So the best option is to boot off a live CD (ppc), I am downloading  
>> ubuntu
>> 6.06, from here:
>> http://releases.ubuntu.com/6.06/ubuntu-6.06-desktop-powerpc.iso
>>
>> Q: does desktop-cd mean live CD then?
>
> Yes.  Specifically, it means "live by default, with an option to then
> use a new-ish bulk-copying GUI installer to put the thing on your hard
> drive".  The "Alternate CD" image, by contrast, boots into the old
> ncurses installer borrowed from Debian.  The latter installer is (very
> likely) a good bit more flexible and robust, and can (unlike the Desktop
> CD's installer) upgrade existing systems to Dapper Drake.
>
> Good luck with your hard drive.  (I downloaded both ISOs last week, in
> their Xfce/Xubuntu flavour, for testing on my G3 iBook.)

Thanks Rick,

Its not looking good for the hdd. Way too many I/O errors, impossible to  
mount and because its a laptop, not easily removed to another box for  
dd'ing.

The file I need to recover has a phone number of a girl who knocked me off  
my bike in October (and she admitted liability). So this little file is  
worth more than I paid for the laptop!

I think I'll sue the RIAA on this one, after all, it was cyprus hill that  
killed my laptop. One minute I am happy ripping a CD, then next... ugg.

regards
Conor.