gnu/linux on pwerpc 6100

[Cian Duffy]

On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 19:45:34 +0100 (CET), Paolo Del Bene <rglug at yahoo.it> wrote:
> can i install gnu/linux on powerpc 6100 ?

Yes, with difficulty
> many debian projects and others distributions say that
> thee is not support for this powerpc, which
> distribution can i install ?
> 
> novell suse ?
No
> slackware ?
No
> redhat fedora ?
No
> yellowdog ?
Yes, with difficulty
> gnu/debian ?
Yes, with difficulty
> gnu/gentoo ?
Yes, with difficulty 

> 
> it is not important if i must compile all the kernel
> as gentoo, but to find one distribution to install

Being a YDL list, I advise you to go with YDL, probably 3.0 on a
machine that old. Its all precompiled.

You must use the NUBUS-Pmac tools to get any Linux other than mklinux
on that machine

http://nubus-pmac.sourceforge.net/

This is in addition to the YDL3 discs.

Cian
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