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

[Stephen Davidson]

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?
> 
> 
> Jay Urish
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I would suggest a trip to the IBM website.  At one point, the RS/6000 had its
own CPU, although I have heard that recently they are using PowerPC CPU's
in some lines.

With all of the effort they are putting into Linux lately, I suspect that
there would be some documentation on how to install it.  IBM is usually
pretty good about that kind of stuff.
BTW, they are recommending SuSe 7.1.


-Steve

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