Unable to boot F12 PPC dvd on Powerbook G4

[JD]

  On 07/23/2010 09:55 AM, Alex Kanavin wrote:
> 2010/7/23 JD<jd1008 at gmail.com>:
>> At boot, The
>>
>> boot:
>>
>> prompt comes, and I just press enter.
>>
>> I get a blank white screen and nothing else happens.
> Previously I would try the
> linux video=ofonly
> option at the prompt, but with the switchover to nouveau that no longer works
>
> That said, F12 has about 4 months of life left in it without a
> definite replacement forthcoming - at this point you're probably
> better off with Ubuntu PPC.
>
I just downloaded ubuntu 10.4 cd iso for ppc.
I was hoping to locate the full dvd iso, but have not
found it.

One important reason I need to use a ppc linux
is because I am finding the os-x disk utility is not
providing me with a way to resize the root partition
WITOUT destroying the data on the root partition.
I read many blogs which said that many linux distros
have parted which can do this. It is built-in to the cd
or dvd iso image, so one burn it, boot it, enter into rescue
mode (which will not find any linux to mount) and get
a shell in which one can use the parted to resize the
os-x partition.

Cheers,

JD