From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268083AbUHKPev (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Aug 2004 11:34:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268084AbUHKPev (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Aug 2004 11:34:51 -0400 Received: from e31.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.129]:29617 "EHLO e31.co.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268083AbUHKPet (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Aug 2004 11:34:49 -0400 Subject: Re: OT: Distribution for Power4 Machines From: Dave Hansen To: "Martin J. Bligh" Cc: knobi@knobisoft.de, Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <15070000.1092237689@[10.10.2.4]> References: <20040811055622.52917.qmail@web13911.mail.yahoo.com> <15070000.1092237689@[10.10.2.4]> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1092238482.6033.4.camel@nighthawk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 08:34:42 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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. http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2002/08/msg00458.html -- Dave