* [gentoo-user] install Gentoo Linux on RS/6000
@ 2005-09-09 15:08 Gentoo Shadow
2005-09-09 15:15 ` John Jolet
2005-09-10 1:34 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
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From: Gentoo Shadow @ 2005-09-09 15:08 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user, alug
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Dear friends,
i have a old RS/6000(43P Model 150 Type: 7043-150) machine. this is 1st time
i see a such machine. so i don't know how to start to install it... any now
i need to install Gentoo 2005.1. so if any body know how to access the bios
or how to start to install from a cd. please guide me.
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* Re: [gentoo-user] install Gentoo Linux on RS/6000
2005-09-09 15:08 [gentoo-user] install Gentoo Linux on RS/6000 Gentoo Shadow
@ 2005-09-09 15:15 ` John Jolet
2005-09-09 15:30 ` Michael Crute
2005-09-10 1:34 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
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From: John Jolet @ 2005-09-09 15:15 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
there is no "bios" as such on those boxes. I think the 43p was a POWER
architecture box, wasn't it? I don't know of any linux that will install on
a POWER architecture box. In addition, it uses microchannel, not pci (unless
i'm getting my models mixed up).
On Friday 09 September 2005 10:08, Gentoo Shadow wrote:
> Dear friends,
>
> i have a old RS/6000(43P Model 150 Type: 7043-150) machine. this is 1st
> time i see a such machine. so i don't know how to start to install it...
> any now i need to install Gentoo 2005.1. so if any body know how to access
> the bios or how to start to install from a cd. please guide me.
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* Re: [gentoo-user] install Gentoo Linux on RS/6000
2005-09-09 15:15 ` John Jolet
@ 2005-09-09 15:30 ` Michael Crute
2005-09-09 15:33 ` John Jolet
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From: Michael Crute @ 2005-09-09 15:30 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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On 9/9/05, John Jolet <john@jolet.net> wrote:
>
> there is no "bios" as such on those boxes. I think the 43p was a POWER
> architecture box, wasn't it? I don't know of any linux that will install
> on
> a POWER architecture box. In addition, it uses microchannel, not pci
> (unless
> i'm getting my models mixed up).
> On Friday 09 September 2005 10:08, Gentoo Shadow wrote:
>
> You should be able to use the PPC version of Gentoo since Power and PPC
are basically the same architecture, right?
-Mike
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* Re: [gentoo-user] install Gentoo Linux on RS/6000
2005-09-09 15:30 ` Michael Crute
@ 2005-09-09 15:33 ` John Jolet
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From: John Jolet @ 2005-09-09 15:33 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On Friday 09 September 2005 10:30, Michael Crute wrote:
> On 9/9/05, John Jolet <john@jolet.net> wrote:
> > there is no "bios" as such on those boxes. I think the 43p was a POWER
> > architecture box, wasn't it? I don't know of any linux that will install
> > on
> > a POWER architecture box. In addition, it uses microchannel, not pci
> > (unless
> > i'm getting my models mixed up).
> > On Friday 09 September 2005 10:08, Gentoo Shadow wrote:
> >
> > You should be able to use the PPC version of Gentoo since Power and PPC
>
> are basically the same architecture, right?
> -Mike
noooooo. don't let the similarity in name fool you. wouldn't hurt to try,
but i'd be VERY surprised if it works (for instance, the powerpc version of
aix won't boot one of those and vice-versa)
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* Re: [gentoo-user] install Gentoo Linux on RS/6000
@ 2005-09-09 16:41 Covington, Chris
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From: Covington, Chris @ 2005-09-09 16:41 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
> noooooo. don't let the similarity in name fool you. wouldn't hurt to
> try, but i'd be VERY surprised if it works (for instance, the powerpc
> version of aix won't boot one of those and vice-versa)
It should work fine:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/IBM7248-HOWTO/
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* Re: [gentoo-user] install Gentoo Linux on RS/6000
2005-09-09 15:08 [gentoo-user] install Gentoo Linux on RS/6000 Gentoo Shadow
2005-09-09 15:15 ` John Jolet
@ 2005-09-10 1:34 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
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From: Volker Armin Hemmann @ 2005-09-10 1:34 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
Hi,
On Friday 09 September 2005 17:08, Gentoo Shadow wrote:
> Dear friends,
>
> i have a old RS/6000(43P Model 150 Type: 7043-150) machine. this is 1st
> time i see a such machine. so i don't know how to start to install it...
> any now i need to install Gentoo 2005.1. so if any body know how to access
> the bios or how to start to install from a cd. please guide me.
I have such a cutie too.
If you get linux running on it, could you please drop a notice?
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