From: Joshua Kwan <joshk@triplehelix.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: OT: Distribution for Power4 Machines
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 10:20:38 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <pan.2004.08.11.17.20.38.570218@triplehelix.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1092238482.6033.4.camel@nighthawk>
On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 08:34:42 -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 08:21, Martin J. Bligh wrote:
>> > sorry for the most likely off-topic post. Are there any distributions
>> > out there that support IBM Power4 systems (pSeries machines)?
>>
>> RH, SuSE and Debian all do, though maybe only the expensive enterprise
>> versions of the former 2.
>
> You can install Debian, it's just a bit of a pain. You basically have
> to replace the installer kernel with your own, and use the debian
> root.bin floppy as your kernel initrd.
Um. Dude. That's old.
Thanks to Sven Luther our new installer fully supports power4 (as far as
I know, I don't personally own one.)
http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/daily/powerpc/current/
should contain a CD image that can boot your machine.
--
Joshua Kwan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-08-11 17:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-08-11 5:56 Martin Knoblauch
2004-08-11 6:06 ` Frank Steiner
2004-08-11 7:42 ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-08-11 15:21 ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-08-11 15:34 ` Dave Hansen
2004-08-11 17:20 ` Joshua Kwan [this message]
2004-08-12 19:51 ` Jake Moilanen
2004-08-11 23:11 ` David Woodhouse
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