Installing 4.0 on Xserve G5

[Hex Star]

Well I'd go ahead and get Y-HPC since then you can rest assured
everything will work fine and your machine will be fully supported


On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 18:21:34 +0000, Cian Duffy <myob87 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I thought the normal version of YDL *did* run on XServe G5, it just
> didn't run as well as Y-HPC. The HCL *seems* to imply that the base
> system is supported, but not hotswapping drives, headless booting, and
> some other stuff
> 
> Anyway, what he's having is an X problem, so if he attempts an
> install-text or whatever that boot option is called. There are
> warnings for some machines here:
> http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/hardware/breakdown/index.php?hw_cat_id=2
> To do with video not being available on some XServes. As he's trying
> to use Anaconda, which uses X, its not going to install like that...
> 
> Cian
> 
> 
> On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:15:30 -0800, Hex Star <hexstar at gmail.com> wrote:
> > You need the Xserve G5 version of YDL, contact YDL support directly
> > for pricing information as that version of YDL is not free but is what
> > you need
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:51:34 +0000, Arnór Kristjánsson <addi at bhs.is> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm hunting for a good distro to host apache+php+mysql+moodle and it so
> > > happens that there is a moodle package for YDL.
> > >
> > > So off I went and downloaded yellowdog-4.0-orion-20041107-install1.iso
> > > and booted my brand-spanking new Xserve G5 (2x2.3GHz). After I
> > > selecting a boot option (install-g5, install-g5 text or
> > > install-g5-safe) the installer hangs with various errors:
> > >
> > > Failed to load module "glx"...
> > > Failed to load module "record"...
> > > Error opening security policy file ....
> > >
> > > Do I need 4.0.1 to boot these machines?
> > >
> > > A.
> > >
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