At 18:22 -0500 1999-08-03, Jeramy B Smith wrote:
you only get PCI. The Apple has a True66mhz PCI which can be used for SCSI
or graphics depending on whether your running in workstation or server
configuration as well as the standard 33hz slots intel uses. Both systems
use 32bit PCI slots.
That'
> The claims about IBM there aren't too accurate. They're not so out of
> touch. Look who they're selling rs6k's to. Big companies that want
_full_
> support 24/7 with AIX. They're willing to pay a lot for the support they
> get from IBM.
>
1. Un*x workstations from IBM, Sun, SGI, and HP have l
I've tried the kernels from the kernel packages for 2.2.1 and 2.2.9 and
tried compiling my own 2.2.9 and 2.2.10 kernels to boot a Umax APUS
powerpc clone, to no avail. The only kernel it wants to run is the 2.1.24
kernel on Paul McKerras's ancient installer disk.
Either quik or OF fails with the
Debian on PPC is almost unheard of. Being more public would be good :)
} It seems that many people who want to get real work done are going
} for Debian... we should sell ourselves better.
The claims about IBM there aren't too accurate. They're not so out of
touch. Look who they're selling rs6k's to. Big companies that want _full_
support 24/7 with AIX. They're willing to pay a lot for the support they
get from IBM.
For Linux, that's way off base but they only recently turned to
IBM Microelectronics doesn't plan on making longtrails again but they're
looking for someone who will so they can donate or loan the design.
They're quite happy to do that.
} 100,000+/year!) Cort, you're buddy-buddy with IBM. Get them making the
} Longtrail again darnit! I want about.. erm.. as ma
Damn shopping cart, I tried the link on another computer and it actually
worked. I took away the atrocious links and just posted the nitty-gritty
details.
> Your link at IBM is broken, since it was for your personal shopping
> cart only.
>
> But are you considering different memory architectures,
> In light of the recent board discussion, I decided to price some full
> PowerPC systems. Check it out at
> http://www.corplinux.com/powerpenguin if your
> interested.
Your link at IBM is broken, since it was for your personal shopping
cart only.
But are you considering differen
> I was told by a VA rep that they were considering supporting Debian
> again. Reportedly, internally they are mostly Debian :).
It seems that many people who want to get real work done are going
for Debian... we should sell ourselves better.
Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete Dutra
Amdocs
I was told by a VA rep that they were considering supporting Debian
again. Reportedly, internally they are mostly Debian :).
+[ On Tue, Aug 03, at 06:10PM(-0300), Leandro Dutra wrote: ]--
| > petitions/"I would order X machines" type things), it might
| > be possible to
| > get V
In light of the recent board discussion, I decided to price some full
PowerPC systems. Check it out at www.corplinux.com/powerpenguin if your
interested.
Cheers.
Jeramy B Smith
BS AAS MCSE MCP+I
CLC - www.corplinux.com
PowerPenguin - www.corplinux.com/powerpenguin
This is all well and great but bad from a business standpoint.First, sell
iMacs preloaded with Linux to raise capital. Market them for Linux hobbyists
interested in alternative architectures. Same for Powerbooks. Call them iMax
and PenguinBooks. Order units as you get orders. Buy direct and sell di
On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Leandro Dutra wrote:
> > petitions/"I would order X machines" type things), it might
> > be possible to
> > get VA interested..
>
> Other companies interesting to ask for our machines would be the
> ones with Debian experience. I remember VA once sold Debian machines,
> "C" == C M Connelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
C> Hi,
C> First, some good news. We have Debian GNU/Linux running on our
C> PowerCenter 132, with X, GNOME, MH, sendmail, etc. all
C> installed. It's great to be running Linux on this system --
That's awesome. I got Debian u
> petitions/"I would order X machines" type things), it might
> be possible to
> get VA interested..
Other companies interesting to ask for our machines would be the
ones with Debian experience. I remember VA once sold Debian machines, don't
know now. There are also that laptop folks wh
On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Phillip R. Jaenke wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 03, 1999 at 01:10:41PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Unfortunately, I think VA is partially owned by Intel.
>
> They are, unfortunately. And I wouldn't bother with Penguin Computing.
> IIRC, they were the company that thinks WinMode
Hi,
First, some good news. We have Debian GNU/Linux running on our
PowerCenter 132, with X, GNOME, MH, sendmail, etc. all
installed. It's great to be running Linux on this system -- when
things work, the machine is way faster than it ever was under
MacOS, and it's especially wonderful to be able
On Tue, Aug 03, 1999 at 11:49:25AM -0700, Alexander S. Guy wrote:
>
> You say that in jest, but that's not such a bad idea. Considering that
> the boards that are desired are OEM, and the specs are freely available.
> It might be better to start a group, where a number of parties put money
> toge
> They are, unfortunately. And I wouldn't bother with Penguin Computing.
> IIRC, they were the company that thinks WinModems that work with
> Linux are a really great idea. }:P
It is a great idea, but not for Penguin's target market of high
reliability. It would be great for things like
> Phillip> Maybe we should all band together, chip in, and start our
> Phillip> own company selling PowerPC machines. ;)
>
> You say that in jest, but that's not such a bad idea.
Would you be able to export some units into Brazil? :)
Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete Dutra
Amdo
> "Phillip" == Phillip R Jaenke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Phillip> Maybe we should all band together, chip in, and start our
Phillip> own company selling PowerPC machines. ;)
You say that in jest, but that's not such a bad idea. Considering that
the boards that are desired are OE
On Tue, Aug 03, 1999 at 01:10:41PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Unfortunately, I think VA is partially owned by Intel.
They are, unfortunately. And I wouldn't bother with Penguin Computing.
IIRC, they were the company that thinks WinModems that work with
Linux are a really great idea. }:P
M
>I think that one route to a PPC box would be if some people could
>convince
>VA or P. Computing (or another Linux hardware OEM) to enter a deal
>with
>MCG for volume motherboards. That would be something MCG couldn't
>pass
>up, I think.
>
Unfortunately, I think VA is partially owned by Intel.
On Tue, Aug 03, 1999 at 04:23:37AM -0500, Jeramy Smith wrote:
> Perhaps Daystar has some boards they'll sell. Anyone know what kind of
> boards are in the quad 604e machines they sell?
I'm betting those are custom, but I'll take one if somebody can find me
one to take/buy. ;)
--
-Phillip R. Jaen
On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Phillip R. Jaenke wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 03, 1999 at 10:10:31AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > IBM never intended to manufacture the LongTrail. They just did the design.
> > Manufacturing was supposed to be done by UMAX and Tatung. And they didn't
> > believe in Linux when S
On Tue, Aug 03, 1999 at 10:10:31AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> IBM never intended to manufacture the LongTrail. They just did the design.
> Manufacturing was supposed to be done by UMAX and Tatung. And they didn't
> believe in Linux when Steve killed the Mac clones.
Hrm. Tatung is probably
On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Matt Porter wrote:
> > Not on Motorola PReP machines, does this mean it works on IBM's?
>
> Don't these boards have a PC style RTC? Make sure to enable CONFIG_RTC.
Need new support, these are MK48T59/559 parts. I'm not saying i
On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, Phillip R. Jaenke wrote:
> Cort Dougan wrote:
> >
> > If you think it's hard finding a price then try to actually purchase one.
> > Once you get a salesperson to admit they exist getting them to sell you one
> > is a good fight :)
> >
> > } Out of curiousity, what is the gene
On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > Other powerpc types use the 'adb' clock, the clock binary is in the
> > > powerpc-utils package (/sbin/clock).
> >
> > PowerMac uses adb. AFAIK APUS uses the same ioctls as the m68k port, so I
> > think hwclock supports th
On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Matt Porter wrote:
> Not on Motorola PReP machines, does this mean it works on IBM's?
Don't these boards have a PC style RTC? Make sure to enable CONFIG_RTC.
> On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> > Nope. It does work on some PPCs - PReP machines, for instance. Jus
On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, Cort Dougan wrote:
> > If you think it's hard finding a price then try to actually purchase one.
> > Once you get a salesperson to admit they exist getting them to sell you one
> > is a good fight :)
> >
> > } Out of curiousity,
Not on Motorola PReP machines, does this mean it works on IBM's?
On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> Nope. It does work on some PPCs - PReP machines, for instance. Just
> not on powermacs.
>
> On Mon, Aug 02, 1999 at 01:52:58PM -0600, Jason E. Stewart wrote:
> > Hey,
> >
> > The ut
I am glad to report that with the latest pam-apps, su works for me both in
console and xterms. The problem is that when I e.g. su to root and then want
to suspend, it hangs. Pretty annoying, as I have got used to work like that.
Anyone knows what's the problem?
Michel
--
I'm so hungry, I cou
Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > Other powerpc types use the 'adb' clock, the clock binary is in the
> > powerpc-utils package (/sbin/clock).
>
> PowerMac uses adb. AFAIK APUS uses the same ioctls as the m68k port, so I
> think hwclock supports that.
Why doesn't it work here then? Anything I might
On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Hartmut Koptein wrote:
> > > The util-linux pkg provides hwclock which doesn't work on PPC. Should
> > > this be removed?
> >
> > I can remove it from the package for the powerpc arch., but I'd rather
> > appreciate if someone could send me the patch that would make hwclock wor
Hi,
have a look at:
http://www.ibrator.com
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> > The util-linux pkg provides hwclock which doesn't work on PPC. Should
> > this be removed?
>
> I can remove it from the package for the powerpc arch., but I'd rather
> appreciate if someone could send me the patch that would make hwclock work
> on powerpc (I don't have a powerpc machine anymor
On 2 Aug 1999, Jason E. Stewart wrote:
> The util-linux pkg provides hwclock which doesn't work on PPC. Should
> this be removed?
I can remove it from the package for the powerpc arch., but I'd rather
appreciate if someone could send me the patch that would make hwclock work
on powerpc (I don't
On Mon, Aug 02, 1999 at 01:59:18PM -0600, Jason E. Stewart wrote:
> I'm running the jdk12-pre-v2 for glibc2, and tried to use jdb. I got
Is it debian package ? where can one find it ? (i found jdk 1.1.7 but it was
built for glibc2 not glibc2.1 and i couldn't make it to run)
--
Robert Ramiega
> > If you think it's hard finding a price then try to actually purchase one.
> > Once you get a salesperson to admit they exist getting them to sell you one
> > is a good fight :)
> >
> > } Out of curiousity, what is the general price range on MTX's? I spent a
> > } while digging around and coul
Perhaps Daystar has some boards they'll sell. Anyone know what kind of
boards are in the quad 604e machines they sell?
On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, Cort Dougan wrote:
> If you think it's hard finding a price then try to actually purchase one.
> Once you get a salesperson to admit they exist getting them to sell you one
> is a good fight :)
>
> } Out of curiousity, what is the general price range on MTX's? I spent a
> } wh
On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, Phillip R. Jaenke wrote:
> 100,000+/year!) Cort, you're buddy-buddy with IBM. Get them making the
> Longtrail again darnit! I want about.. erm.. as many as I can afford!
IBM never intended to manufacture the LongTrail. They just did the design.
Manufacturing was supposed to be
Cort Dougan wrote:
>
> No wonder it was so hard to get one! That's why I didn't do the MTX
> port (although other people eventually did) - I couldn't get one of the >
> buggers! I swear that company really hates selling its product.
Well, as I understand it, the problem is this.
Motorola, spe
No wonder it was so hard to get one! That's why I didn't do the MTX port
(although other people eventually did) - I couldn't get one of the buggers!
I swear that company really hates selling its product.
Too bad they're so expensive. Someone could make a killing with cheap
commodity ppc boards.
Cort Dougan wrote:
>
> If you think it's hard finding a price then try to actually purchase one.
> Once you get a salesperson to admit they exist getting them to sell you one
> is a good fight :)
>
> } Out of curiousity, what is the general price range on MTX's? I spent a
> } while digging aroun
Not like I could afford one of these maybe-existing boards anyway :)
On Mon, Aug 02, 1999 at 08:24:00PM -0600, Cort Dougan wrote:
> If you think it's hard finding a price then try to actually purchase one.
> Once you get a salesperson to admit they exist getting them to sell you one
> is a good fi
If you think it's hard finding a price then try to actually purchase one.
Once you get a salesperson to admit they exist getting them to sell you one
is a good fight :)
} Out of curiousity, what is the general price range on MTX's? I spent a
} while digging around and could not find price listing
They use OF. Same 1275 chrp binding as other boards. They'll do a typical
bootp/tftp boot.a
} What firmware do IBM's use? I thought they had their own implementation
} of OF. If so, tftp boot is easy.
If you don't find anyone else I can do it.
} I sure would love an IBM tester. I don't know
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