Re: Seeking for suggestion
On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Ethan Benson wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 23, 2000 at 06:07:39PM +0800, Tran Quang Anh wrote:
> >
> > Dear Sir,
> >
> > I am a student in China. Now I want to install Linux in a PowerPC
> > computer. My PowerPC has no floppy disk. Could you please tell me
> > if I can install and boot the system without floppy disk ?
> > Thank you for your consideration.
>
> is your machine a `newworld' type, (colored case for desktops, made
> 1999 or later for powerbooks)
>
> if so debian can do this quite easily, you only need to download a
> couple small files and enter OpenFirmware to boot them. the rest of
> the system can be installed directly over the internet. (or a hard
> disk if you wish)
The computer is IBM RISCSystem/6000, AIX. Can I install Linux on it
without floppy driver ? Any suggestion would be appreciated.
Quang Anh
> the mailing list debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org is an excellent place
> to ask for help too, many people there to answer questions (me
> included).
>
> --
> Ethan Benson
> http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
>
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