[Debian-ppc64-devel] IBM pSeries 650 and powerpc versus ppc64

[Gavin Hamill]

On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 09:09:25 +0200
Andreas Jochens <aj at andaco.de> wrote:

> yes, you can use debootstrap to install the ppc64 distribution on a 
> separate partition. To do this, you need to install and run a 64 bit 
> kernel first. The standard 'powerpc' distribution has a 64-bit kernel
> which can be installed using 

Well, I downloaded the .tar.bz2 of the ready-made chroot, chroot'ed
into it and all worked as expected - so I guess the debian.gonicus.de
distro must already be 64 bit =)

> You could also use something like
> 
> dpkg --force-all -i linux-image-2.6.16-1-ppc64_2.6.16-8_ppc64.deb
> 
> to directly install a kernel from the ppc64 distribution on your
> powerpc installation. (The -powerpc64 and the -ppc64 kernels are
> almost identical - only the distribution indicator is different,
> i.e. ppc64 instead of powerpc.)

Excellent - it's nice to know that I was already on the right lines -
thanks for the replies :)

gdh