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Well that's one of the fun things we've been working on is what is
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the how to make a boot disk. Currently the xserve isn't
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supported by any PPC kernel at all, so you could make a disk
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but it wouldn't be bootable on your box.
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You do the mostly the same things for x86, except that you need
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to put a PPC kernel, and bootloader on the CD. There's a ton of
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scripts that need to be run do the right things, and mostly a lot of
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cleanup because the scripts don't work the same on PPC. =(
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When we've got a finalized howto, expect to see it up, cause I'm
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sure our primary dev working on that part for PPC would love
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to never touch it again =)
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At this point the only way you'll get Linux on that box is to wait
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until someone gets their hands on it that is part of the PPC/kernel
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team.
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Kevyn
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----- Original Message -----
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From: "Richard Jones" <gentoo-ppc-dev@×××××.com>
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To: "Kevyn Shortell" <trance@g.o>
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Cc: "Gentoo PPC" <gentooppc-dev@g.o>
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Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 3:46 AM
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Subject: Re: [gentooppc-dev] Xserve boot
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> On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 10:17:07AM +0100, Richard Jones wrote: |
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> > On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 09:33:46AM -0700, Kevyn Shortell wrote: |
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> > > try the R6 kernel, but no one on the ppc kernel dev team has yet |
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> > > gotten access to one of these so it might not work anyway, but a |
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> > > newer kernel would have a better chance. |
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> How do I do that? I've struggled to create boot disks in the past |
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> for ix86, I've no idea how to go about creating one for a powerpc. |
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> Could you recommend any HOWTO's/other documentation? |
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> TIA |
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> R |
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> -- |
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> Richard Jones |
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> http://www.jonze.com |
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> richard at jonze dot com |
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