10-02-2001
HooYah!!
Good deal, LinuxPPC is a nice product,
I know, some are saying, is there anything this idiot HASN'T screwed around with, well, that's another story...
Linux PPC is the version of Linux for the Mac PPC that uses the RedHat installer, I think it comes in the install disk, you just have to boot it from the floppy, you do know how to do that on a Mac? hold down the open apple and "f" keys (if I remember, it's been a while). now, there should be a floppy image on the LinuxPPC site, or they should have info on how to get the RedHat installer onto a Mac formatted disk.
LinuxPPC is a good one, but there is also MKLinux, based off of the microkernel that is powering MacOSX. Honestly, my favorite is Yellow Dog Linux, it runs fast and they have wicked awesome tech support if you purchase the media. These are the guys that sell massively parallel Beowulf clusters of G4s, now that's computing....
On a side note, you could install NetBSD as well, it runs on anything and is a bit more of an industrial grade unix, IMHO.
Sorry for the lack of info on LinuxPPC, but it's been a while. The last one I did, they were talking about getting their own installer, but I guess not, huh? I still like Yellow Dog if you gotta go Linux, but I really think NetBSD is worth the look, because , after all, "of course it runs NetBSD"....
thanks,
loadc
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install-solaris
install-solaris(1M) install-solaris(1M)
NAME
install-solaris - install the Solaris operating system
SYNOPSIS
install-solaris
install-solaris invokes the Solaris Install program. Depending on graphical capability and available memory at the time of invocation,
install-solaris invokes either a text-based installer or a graphical installer.
The following minimum requirements for physical memory dictate which features are available during installation:
For SPARC machines:
128 MB
Minimum physical memory for all installation types
128 MB
Minimum physical memory required for windowing system
384 MB
Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation
For x86 machines:
256 MB
Minimum physical memory for all installation types
256 MB
Minimum physical memory required for windowing system
512 MB
Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation
In some cases, even if the minimum physical memory is present, available virtual memory after system startup can limit the number of fea-
tures available.
install-solaris exists only on the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should be invoked only from there. Refer to the for more
details.
install-solaris allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. install-solaris loads the software available on the
installation media. Refer to the for disk space requirements.
Refer to the for more information on the various menus and selections.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcdrom (Solaris instal- |
| |lation media) |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Evolving |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
pkginfo(1), install(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5)
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