Re: OT: Distribution for Power4 Machines

Dave Hansen
2004-08-11T15:34:51Z

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