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Re: Installing Debian on a RS/6000 Question



Sven Luther declared on Saturday 26 November 2005 16:06:
> On Sat, Nov 26, 2005 at 08:44:49PM +0100, Kurt De Pauw wrote:
> > Hello,
>
> Hi, i think you are Digger_RS6000 which i saw on irc, right ?
>
> > First of all I would like to tell you that I'm not a linux guru, nor
> > do I have a linux system running @ this very moment.
> >
> > I have bought myself a IBM RS/6000 F40 Server , with 2 storage
> > cabinets.
>
> This seems to be a Power3 machine, and definitively not prep or 32bit
> chrp, you thus need to get a netinst cd and boot with install64 :

Nope.  The F40 is a PReP machine that comes in single and dual PPC604 
flavors.  It's the last PReP machine in its series (the F50 is a CHRP 
PPC604 machine).

Pat
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