Gentoo Archives: gentoo-ppc-user

From: vampa <vampa@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-ppc-user@l.g.o
Cc: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@×××××××××.net>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Gentoo on an IBM pSeries 615 (64bit POWER4+ CPU)
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 21:27:40
Message-Id: C8E98156-94A3-11D8-A140-000D93506F5E@fusemail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-ppc-user] Gentoo on an IBM pSeries 615 (64bit POWER4+ CPU) by Sheldon Hearn
1 You said that you can install redhat on the server isn't it?
2 So you have problems with gentoo, not with linux.
3 You can try install redhat and then when it works go and install gentoo
4 with chroot.
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12 On 22/apr/04, at 19:00, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
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14 >
15 > Hi folks,
16 >
17 > Any ideas on getting Gentoo installed on an IBM pSeries 615, which
18 > comes
19 > with a 64-bit POWER4+ CPU?
20 >
21 > We've tried the install-universal-ppc-2004.0.iso and
22 > install-minimal-ppc-2004.0.iso images from a mirror as instructed in
23 > the
24 > ppc installation manual, but the server doesn't recognize the CD as
25 > bootable and so reports "No Operating System Installed". The server
26 > can, however, boot its own diagnostics CD.
27 >
28 > Seems like this thing wants ppc64, but there's no official ppc64 LiveCD
29 > for Gentoo yet.
30 >
31 > I am _really_ hoping to avoid having to put RedHat on these things. I
32 > much prefer using a single distro, and I like Gentoo. :-(
33 >
34 > Perhaps there's some well-kept secret PPC64 LiveCD distro out there?
35 >
36 > Ciao,
37 > Sheldon.
38 >
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