[NTLUG:Discuss] I want to put linux on an IBM rs/6000

[R. Jay Campbell]

Jay Urish wrote:
> 
> Ok, I need a push in the right direction.
> 
> I want to put linux on an RS/6000. Where do I start? I downloaded and
> burned mandrake 8.0 for PPC but it doesn't seem to do anything.
> 
> Maybe I need to just do a password recovery under AIX.
> 
> I need help in either direction.. Is the rs/6000 intel based or apple?
> 
> How do I blow the root password on AIX?
> 
> Do I need to IA64 flavor of my favorite distro?

You may want to go with SuSe - found this page:

http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/olh_ppc_machines.html

HTH

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