On Tue, 3 Feb 2015 08:51:50 +0100 Serge Cohen <serge.cohen@synchrotron-soleil.fr> wrote: > Hello list, Hello Serge, > I have a Mac XServe ppc970/G5 (dual proc., one of the last Apple > machine to run on ppc hardware). I was unable to install debian on it > due to a lack of CD-ROM drive, and graphic board (it is a «compute > node»), but since I have a few other machine of the same type that I > might have to «recycle» within a couple of year I would be more than > happy to donate it help with the ppc64 port (in particular > head-less/CD-ROM less installation, as you might guess). > > The main cost would be transport, if it is not too far/expensive (I'm > in Paris region, France) I could check with my lab's director if we > can take the cost of the shipment… The XServe would be great since it can take up a lot of ram (16/32 iirc), just a couple of questions: does it have serial console so that I could setup OF and install from there (I've been able to install debian from usb stick on my powerbook so I think it's doable)? and is it very noisy (I guess so, since it's a rackmounted system)? Thanks for the offer PS. Btw, I'm in Greece, so shipping might be a bit expensive, I've had a big box sent to the UK for ~40-50EUR so I guess this one might be a bit more. -- Konstantinos Margaritis email: markos@freevec.org, markos@debian.org blog: http://freevec.org gpg: 3FC3 7391 FECD D3CB 5501 7121 6606 027F 6437 124C
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