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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users running linux ppc on a mac 7200 Post 7768 by loadc on Monday 1st of October 2001 11:10:47 PM

10-02-2001

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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,

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NAME

       installer - Solaris Web Start installer utility

SYNOPSIS

       installer [-locales list] [-nodisplay] [-noconsole] [-debug]

DESCRIPTION

       The  installer utility invokes a Web Start install wizard sequence which will lead the user through a sequence of installation panels. This
       installer utility is found on many CDs that are shipped with Solaris and it will be found among the top level files of these CDs.

       When the installer is on a CD being accessed from a desktop file manager, the installer can be double clicked  to  start  the  installation
       sequence. If the user is not currently the system's root user, the root user password will be requested.

       The  installer  utility	can  also  be  run  from  other  UNIX scripts. Usually, a script is used in conjunction with the utility's -nodis-
       play option.  Add the -noconsole option for non-interactive scripts.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -locales list   Selects product translations for install, corresponding to the specified list of locales if the specified  locale  transla-
		       tions  are present on the installation media. Locales are supplied in a comma-separated list following the -locales option.
		       An example list would appear as follows:

		       installer -locales fr,de,it

		       This would install products with translations for the French, German, and Italian locales.

       -nodisplay      Runs the install without a graphical user interface. Use the default product install unless it was modified by the -locales
		       options.

       -noconsole      Run  the  install  without any interactive text console device. Useful when paired with -nodisplay for non-interactive UNIX
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FILES

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