Messages in this thread | | | From | Joshua Kwan <> | Subject | Re: OT: Distribution for Power4 Machines | Date | Wed, 11 Aug 2004 10:20:38 -0700 |
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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
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