From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <416D9C76-201E-11D6-BE69-0003938E434C@ivey.uwo.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 19:20:32 -0600 To: "Kevin B. Hendricks" , linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org, yellowdog-devel@lists.yellowdoglinux.com From: "Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler" Subject: Re: new G4 dual 1 gig is here - how to install? Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: At 7:08 PM -0600 2/12/02, Kevin B. Hendricks wrote: >So what is the best way to get linux working on this thing. Since >kernel changes are needed to recognize the new 7455 chip, none of the >canned installers from SuSE, or YellowDog will work, will they? I recall that the debian installer can use essentially any kernel. I think the only thing it needs to work 100% is a tgz with a pack of modules that matches the uname, which is easy enough to make/fake. Cheers - Tony 'Nicoya' mantler :) -- Tony "Nicoya" Mantler - Renaissance Nerd Extraordinaire - nicoya@apia.dhs.org Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada -- http://nicoya.feline.pp.se/ ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/