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Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 20:37:28 -0600
To: Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
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Subject: Re: XServe G5 and Linux ?
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From: ddkilzer@kilzer.net (David D. Kilzer)
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Yellow Dog Linux is probably your best bet, but it looks like they're
still working on a solution.

  http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/

Go to their online store, then click on "Apple HPC" to see the status of
the Apple G5 Xserve blades.

  http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/store/

Dave


On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 07:05:39PM +0100, Harald Welte wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I currently have the requirement for some 1U servers running linux, but
> specifically being not x86.  So apart from the sparc64 systems, there's
> of course the Apple XServe.
>
> I have a couple of questions though:
>
> 1) Does anybody have experience running linux on the current G5 Xserve?
> 2) Does the 32bit PPC arch run in SMP on a dual G5 Xserve?
>
> And a minor curiosity at the end:  Are there any plans to include Apple
> G5 support into the linux ppc64 arch at some point?
>
> Please don't misunderstand me, I'm not 'demanding' anything.  I just
> want to get some information... and information about the linux
> ppc/ppc64 kernel development to be almost non-existent on the net.


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