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Old 04-19-2006
AIX for x86
Dears

i am asking if there is a possibility to install AIX unix on a normal PC (x86) and if it is available please can anyone provide me with a link to that.




many thanks
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Old 04-19-2006
AIX is designed by IBM to run on IBM Power processors. The design of the x86 is not under control of IBM. So IBM does not have the same ability to utilize all of the chips capabilitys in the operating system. I'm not sure, but a long time ago, AIX did run in intel chips.
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Old 04-19-2006
You cant afford to get access to a Power box or what ?
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Old 04-19-2006
Dears

many thanks, but i am preparing to get IBM certification to consolidate me in my career so i need to instsll AIX on PC in order to do do the test exersizes for doing the exam.


many thanks for your time,
TheEngineer
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Old 05-16-2006
AIX is designed to work on a RISC processor! Why the hell would you want to run it on a CISC? The short answer is NO. In reply to one of the previous replies there was a version ported to run on an IBM Thinkpad (laptop for the unitiated) but the nature of the version of the O/S was shrouded in secrecy and the thinkpad was not freely available.
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