Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by DavidWoodhouse: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/ArchSpecific/PPC?action=diff&rev2=61&rev1=60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Minimum CPU: PowerPC G3 / POWER3 * Fedora [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] supports only the “New World” generation of Apple Power Macintosh, shipped from circa 1999 onward. - * Fedora [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] also supports IBM pSeries, IBM iSeries, IBM RS/6000, Genesi Pegasos II, and IBM Cell Broadband Engine machines. + * Fedora [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] also supports IBM pSeries, IBM iSeries, IBM RS/6000, Genesi Pegasos II / Efika, PA Semi 'Electra', and IBM Cell Broadband Engine machines. * Fedora [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] includes new hardware support for Genesi Efika, and for the Sony Play''''''Station 3. * Recommended for text-mode: 233 MHz G3 or better, 128MiB RAM. * Recommended for graphical: 400 MHz G3 or better, 256MiB RAM. @@ -49, +49 @@ After using Open''''''Firmware to boot the CD, select the {{{linux32}}} boot image at the `boot:` prompt to start the 32-bit installer. Otherwise, the 64-bit installer starts and fails. - * Genesi Pegasos II + * Genesi Pegasos II / Efika 5200B - At the time of writing, firmware with full support for ISO9660 file systems has not yet been released for the Pegasos. You can use the network boot image, however. At the Open''''''Firmware prompt, enter the following command: + The Fedora kernel supports both Pegasos and Efika without the need to use the "Device Tree Supplement" from powerdeveloper.org. However, the lack of full support for ISO9660 in the firmware means that booting via yaboot from the CD is not possible. You must boot the 'netboot' image instead -- either from the CD or, as its name implies, over the network. Because of the size of the image, you must set the firmware's{{{load-base}}} variable to load files at a high address such as 32MiB instead of the default 4MiB: + {{{setenv load-base 0x2000000 + }}} + + At the Open''''''Firmware prompt, enter the following command to boot the netboot image from the CD: {{{boot cd: /images/netboot/ppc32.img }}} + Or from the network: + {{{boot eth ppc32.img + }}} - You must also manually configure Open''''''Firmware on the Pegasos to make the installed Fedora system bootable. To do this, set the {{{boot-device}}} and {{{boot-file}}} environment variables appropriately. - - * Genesi Efika 5200B - - To run Linux correctly on the Efika, download the "Device Tree Supplement" from http://www.powerdeveloper.org/platforms/efika/devicetree and install according to the documentation therein. At the time of writing, the firmware of the Efika has bugs which prevent correct operation of the {{{yaboot}}} bootloader. Genesi stated that a fixed firmware would be made available by April 2007. As of November 2007, it is not yet available. + You must also manually configure Open''''''Firmware to make the installed Fedora system bootable. To do this, set the {{{boot-device}}} and {{{boot-file}}} environment variables appropriately, to load yaboot from the {{{/boot}}} partition. For example, a default installation might require the following: + {{{setenv boot-device hd:0 + setenv boot-file /yaboot/yaboot + setenv auto-boot? true + }}} * Sony Play''''''Station 3 For installation on Play''''''Station 3, first update to firmware 1.60 or later. The "Other OS" boot loader must be installed into the flash, following the instructions at [http://www.playstation.com/ps3-openplatform/manual.html]. A suitable boot loader image can be found on Sony's "ADDON" CD, available from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/geoff/cell/ - Once the boot loader is installed, the Play''''''Station 3 should be able to boot from the Fedora install media. Type {{{linux64 xdriver=fbdev}}} at the boot prompt, which will work around [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=370761 Bug #370761]. Please note that network installation works best with NFS, since that takes less memory than FTP or HTTP methods. Using the {{{text}}} option also reduces the amount of memory taken by the installer. + Once the boot loader is installed, the Play''''''Station 3 should be able to boot from the Fedora install media. Please note that network installation works best with NFS, since that takes less memory than FTP or HTTP methods. Using the {{{text}}} option also reduces the amount of memory taken by the installer. For more info on Fedora and the Play''''''Station3 or Fedora on PowerPC in general, join the [http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/fedora-ppc Fedora-PPC mailing list] or the {{{#fedora-ppc}}} channel on [http://freenode.net/ FreeNode]. -- Fedora-relnotes-content mailing list Fedora-relnotes-content@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-relnotes-content
