Re: RS6000

1999-09-01 Thread J Smith
- Original Message - From: Alexander S. Guy > I tried getting Debian up on a B50, but was unsuccessful as I couldn't get > the kernel to take. If you have access to a working Yellow Dog kernel > (I don't think it is publicly available yet), I think Cort Dougan has been working on the IBM

Re: RS6000

1999-09-01 Thread J Smith
Power3 or 604e machine? You may need someone to compile you a 2.3.x kernel if it's Power3. - Original Message - From: David Welton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 2:07 PM Subject: RS6000 > Hi, at the office (Linuxcare) we got a new toy: > > RS6000, 4 processo

Re: RS6000

1999-09-01 Thread David Welton
On Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 01:04:01PM -0700, Alexander S. Guy wrote: > David> Hi, at the office (Linuxcare) we got a new toy: RS6000, 4 > David> processors, 2 gigs of memory, 6x9 gig scsi disks. > > Is this one of IBM's new Pizzaz boxes? No, it's an F50. > The steps should be something lik

Re: RS6000

1999-09-01 Thread Alexander S. Guy
> "David" == David Welton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Greetings... David> Hi, at the office (Linuxcare) we got a new toy: RS6000, 4 David> processors, 2 gigs of memory, 6x9 gig scsi disks. Is this one of IBM's new Pizzaz boxes? David> Naturally, I'd like to put Debian on it (in

Re: RS6000

1999-09-01 Thread Phillip R. Jaenke
On Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 02:07:09PM -0500, David Welton wrote: > Hi, at the office (Linuxcare) we got a new toy: > RS6000, 4 processors, 2 gigs of memory, 6x9 gig scsi disks. > Naturally, I'd like to put Debian on it (in addition to Yellow Dog, > that we are officialy supporting). So... I looked at

RS6000

1999-09-01 Thread David Welton
Hi, at the office (Linuxcare) we got a new toy: RS6000, 4 processors, 2 gigs of memory, 6x9 gig scsi disks. Naturally, I'd like to put Debian on it (in addition to Yellow Dog, that we are officialy supporting). So... I looked at: http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/install/rs6k Which appears t

Re: Finally launched

1999-09-01 Thread John Whitley
Phillip R. Jaenke writes: > For most of us, I don't think that's the question.. question > is.. when can *WE* get our hands on it? :) Ah, but that's a mere matter of shipping schedules and personal finance... easily determined. 8-) My question is: when will gcc have support for AltiVec instruc

Re: Finally launched

1999-09-01 Thread Adrian Cox
"Phillip R. Jaenke" wrote: > For most of us, I don't think that's the question.. question is.. when > can *WE* get our hands on it? :) Apple will probably be the first to make volume shipments, but I think they're quoting minimum 30 days delivery right now. Most of the embedded board vendors sho

Re: Finally launched

1999-09-01 Thread Phillip R. Jaenke
On Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 10:34:29AM +0100, Adrian Cox wrote: > http://www.mot.com/SPS/PowerPC/products/semiconductor/cpu/7400.html > > And yes, it runs Linux very nicely. > > - Adrian Cox, AG Electronics For most of us, I don't think that's the question.. question is.. when can *WE* get our hands

Re: Minor Problem Potpourri

1999-09-01 Thread Robert Ramiega
On Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 12:43:59AM -0400, John Whitley wrote: > > A few glitches here and there: > > 1) the netscape packages require a missing netscape-base-4; >netscape-base-4 doesn't exist (specifically, netscape-base-46 >requires it). Is the dependency incorrect, or is a necessary >

Finally launched

1999-09-01 Thread Adrian Cox
http://www.mot.com/SPS/PowerPC/products/semiconductor/cpu/7400.html And yes, it runs Linux very nicely. - Adrian Cox, AG Electronics

Minor Problem Potpourri

1999-09-01 Thread John Whitley
A few glitches here and there: 1) the netscape packages require a missing netscape-base-4; netscape-base-4 doesn't exist (specifically, netscape-base-46 requires it). Is the dependency incorrect, or is a necessary package simply missing? 2) I'm getting a strange problem with console te