[ale] Linux on PPC

Sat Jun 7 11:08:11 EDT 2014

Never done Gentoo even on x86. How long will take on 400 Mhz PPC you think ?

On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> You verbed a noun. Is that allowed?
> On Jun 6, 2014 6:22 PM, "Jeff Hubbs" <jhubbslist at att.net> wrote:
>
>>  Not an issue with Gentoo.  From
>> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-ppc.xml?full=1#book_part1:
>>
>>   *Apple NewWorld Machines* Power/PowerPC microprocessors (G3, G4, G5)
>> such as iMac, eMac, iBook PowerBook, Xserver, PowerMac  *Apple OldWorld
>> machines* Apple Machines with an Open Firmware revision less than 3,
>> such as the Beige G3s, PCI PowerMacs and PCI PowerBooks. PCI-based Apple
>> Clones should also be supported.  *Genesi* Pegasos I/II, Open Desktop
>> Workstation, Efika  *IBM* RS/6000, iSeries, pSeries  *Memory* At least
>> 64 MB  *Diskspace* 1.5 GB (excluding swap space)  *Swap space* At least
>> 256 MB
>> It's really nice to be able to take a non-Intel machine that'd be a boat
>> anchor to most and make it almost as useful as x86/x86_64 (within reason,
>> i.e. accelerated video).  I've Gentooed a couple of Suns in the past; solid
>> as a rock.
>>
>> On 6/6/14, 12:41 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Michael H. Warfield <mhw at wittsend.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 2014-06-06 at 11:36 -0400, Michael H. Warfield wrote:
>>> > On Fri, 2014-06-06 at 13:50 +0000, Beddingfield, Allen wrote:
>>> > > So, are any of you doing any Linux on PowerPC?  Someone gave me an
>>> old
>>> > > 2Ghz PowerMac G5 (one of the big full tower aluminum ones that was
>>> > > about $3000+ back when it was new), with 3 GB of memory, and a 1TB
>>> > > hard drive.  It works great/has nothing wrong with it - not even a
>>> > > scratch on the exterior.  It looks like Debian or Yellowdog seem to
>>> be
>>> > > the main options for PPC these days...  this thing may be my weekend
>>> > > experiment :)
>>>
>>> > Wow...  Weird how things just synchronisticly come together...
>>>
>>> > No, I'm not actively working on PPC now although I do have the hardware
>>> > available to me.  In fact, said hardware may be a twin of your own.
>>>
>>> > Be that as it may.  Fedora has been released on PPC (32 and 64).
>>>
>>>  Ah, crap...  Strike that...
>>>
>>> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PowerPC/F20_PPC_release_announcement
>>>
>>> Reading in more detail was this unexpected gem (rhinestone)...
>>>
>>
>>  yeah
>>
>> " Apple MacPPC systems are not supported, have not been tested, and are
>> not expected to work."
>>
>>  Very geared toward new IBM Power systems.
>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Supported Hardware
>>>
>>> IBM POWER servers are the only systems fully supported by Fedora for
>>> Power at this time.
>>>
>>> Apple MacPPC systems are not supported, have not been tested, and are
>>> not expected to work.
>>> --
>>>
>>> Damn...  Guess that G5 sits a while longer...
>>>
>>> > The coincidence is that I'm fielding some bugzilla reports on LXC at
>>> the
>>> > moment and one of them is a failure to install lxc-templates on a ppc64
>>> > arch due to a dependency on busybox (which is required).  Seems that
>>> > someone forgot to build busybox for F20 ppc even though it's present in
>>> > F19 ppc.  Still looking for who to lay hands on for that oversight.
>>> >
>>> > > --
>>> > > Allen Beddingfield
>>> > > Systems Engineer
>>> > > The University of Alabama
>>> >
>>> > Regards,
>>> > Mike
>>>
>>> --
>>> Michael H. Warfield (AI4NB) | (770) 978-7061 <%28770%29%20978-7061> |
>>> mhw at WittsEnd.com
>>>    /\/\|=mhw=|\/\/          | (678) 463-0932 <%28678%29%20463-0932> |
>>> http://www.wittsend.com/mhw/
>>>    NIC whois: MHW9          | An optimist believes we live in the best
>>> of all
>>>  PGP Key: 0x674627FF        | possible worlds.  A pessimist is sure of
>>> it!
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Ale mailing list
>>> Ale at ale.org
>>> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
>>> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
>>> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> --
>> James P. Kinney III
>>
>> Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you
>> gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own
>> tail. It won't fatten the dog.
>> - Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain
>>
>>
>> * http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/
>> <http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/> *
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Ale mailing listAle at ale.orghttp://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
>> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists athttp://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Ale mailing list
>> Ale at ale.org
>> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
>> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
>> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo
>>
>>
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale at ale.org
> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.ale.org/pipermail/ale/attachments/20140607/671a41f6/attachment-0001.html>