On Tuesday 21 July 2009 14:00:07 you wrote: > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 12:31:36PM +0200, David Jander wrote: > > On Tuesday 21 July 2009 11:52:51 you wrote: > > > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:16:52AM +0200, David Jander wrote: > > > > For bigger systems we often run a debian-derived OS like Ubuntu, and > > > > many pieces are compiled natively on the target... just because it is > > > > easy and quick to do, and cross-compiling certain packages can be a > > > > real pain. But, a 400 MHz e300 core is not really fast for compiling, > > > > so I have been considering buying some sort of PowerPC-based system > > > > with a faster processor, just as a "build-server" (a G5 would do > > > > wonders I guess). > > > > > > > > It seems like the only real option is one of the smaller IBM Power > > > > servers, but that seems overkill to me. We also don't feel like > > > > buying some old second-hand Apple gear. > > > > > > > > Is there any other available and affordable platform that can be used > > > > to run linux and compile software natively for 32-bit PowerPC? > > > > > > Have a look at the YDL PowerStation: > > > > > > http://us.fixstars.com/products/powerstation/ > > > > > > It is more or less a quad G5. > > > > This looks great! Thanks a lot for the tip. > > I still have to figure out how to get one of these delivered to Europe, > > but that shouldn't be such a big deal... > > Well, I got one recently here in Spain. Shipping charges are fairly > large (it's not exactly a light and compact machine). But the current > dollar exchange rate helps ;-) > > Now I have not yet found the way to install Debian on it > (it refuses to boot Debian's CDROM), but I have not had > time to investigate either.
If nothing else helps, try (manually) installing debootstrap from ubuntu sources and start from there with "debootstrap jaunty /mnt/partition" ;-) Best regards, -- David Jander Protonic Holland. _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
