On 2/1/06, Peter Seebach <seebs@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi! I have been told that I must make a very fast PPC system run Linux, as > soon as possible. Speed? As in a fast build or "fast/quick" operation? I built my iMac 350MHz system in 3 hours - but once installed it performs quite well. > The obvious candidate would be Fedora 5 test releases, since the quad G5 > doesn't work with much older stuff. FC5Test2 is very nice once it is installed. > With FC5 test2, I had no joy even booting all the way. > > With FC5 "development", I got a bootable CD (yay!), then spent a day > downloading RPMs. At the end of this, I tried to run the install. I > pointed the installer at the Fedora/ppc64 (I am a ppc64, yes?) directory Actually, the G5 processor is 128-bits but ... The Linux "G5" can run the PPC32 branch at the very least -- it probably should run PPC64 but why choose 64 bits? The G5 will perform under PPC32 quite well for a production system -- 64 bits (while others may argue otherwise) is mainly for very high end database applications. > on the machine I did the downloads on, and it said it was fetching > "Fedora/base/stage2.img". Then it announced that these files did not match > my boot media. The Rescue CD is PPC64 -- try starting the installer off that. > 1. Am I even barking up the right tree? Do quad G5's run Linux? Do they > run Fedora in particular? Are test/development releases the way to go? > 2. Assuming it might be productive for me to install a test release, is > there some obvious pilot error in trying to boot from the boot.iso image > and load the files from .../development/ppc64? Don't know per se; why not try the PPC32 Rawhide branch Historically the PPC64 is for the PPC9xx series of (AIX-related) PowerPC processors (but I could be wrong about that so YMMV.) Personally, I would try the FC5T2 PPC32 branch before surrendering. Lastly, if Apple is listening -- I have not had the honor of sitting in front of a Quad G5 (if Apple is listening I do have the time to test such a beast -- hint hint ;) -- WC -Sx- Jones | http://ccsh.us/ | Open Source Consulting -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list