Hi,
I have a G5 and have not as yet been able to get it to boot linux. I
can boot from cdrom and start yaboot, and as soon as the kernel
starts to load it hangs on opening display.....
To date I only know of YDL and Gentoo that claim to have linux
working on the G5.
Paddy.
On Jan 29, 2004, at 6:45 PM, Angel wrote:
I am a newbee in the workstation /server world.
I am going to buy hardware to do biological modelling involving data
input/output, R programming (an statistical language) and a few
graphics
visualization (some GIS).
I would prefer to run debian on whatever I buy.
I have some :)) money for this project (ca.4500 euros) and I am
unable to
decide myself what would be the best solution: an apple Xserver dual
G5 2GHz
or an Sun Blade 1500 Worksation.
Both are the same price but. Here are the specs of each:
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Sun Blade 1500 Workstation
1 1-GHz UltraSPARC IIIi Processor
1-MB On-Chip L2 Cache
Sun XVR-600 Graphics Accelerator
1-GB Memory
1 80-GB 7200 RPM IDE Disk Drive
1 10/100/1000 BaseT Ethernet Port
7 USB Ports
2 IEEE 1394 Ports
2 Serial Ports
1 Parallel Port
5 PCI Slots
16x DVD-ROM Drive
Smart Card Reader
Solaris 8 HW 5/03 Operating System Pre-Installed
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Xserver G5
Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5
1GB DDR400 ECC SDRAM - 2x512
80GB ADM (1x80GB Serial ATA)
CD-ROM
Mac OS X Server, Unlimited License
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Which are the cons and pros of each setup?
As far as I understand the Xserver would be more easy to upgrade and
better
for databases and the blade system more powerful, particularly for
the
graphics (which are not the main difficulty of my project). Is this
correct
or does the higher Hz of the Dual G5 mean it is much faster than the
UlraSparc????
Thanks,
Angel
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