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Hey dude, what you'll gonna do with this machine. Just curiosity. |
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Regards |
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On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:08:26 +0100 |
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luciano mannucci <l.mannucci@×××××××××××××××.it> wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> I'm trying to install the last Gentoo on a virtual machine on an IBM |
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> Power8. It refuses to boot the minimal CD saying that it is not |
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> bootable. |
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> The IBM literature says that Power8 will never boot a 32 bit system, so |
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> I tryed the last ppc64 mini install for ppc64 that I found googling |
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> around, which is a 2007.0-r1 and this one boots (putting the video in |
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> low intensity, which is a nuisance I can cope with). |
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> Now I'm wondering: should I try to build everithing from there, or is |
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> it possible to get a more recent install version for the ppc64 |
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> architecture? |
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> Thanks in advance for any advice, |
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> Luciano. |
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