[Debian-ppc64-devel] G5 install tips

Chuck iMacG5 at disposeamail.com
Sat Nov 3 18:57:15 UTC 2007


Charles Plessy,

Well yes, I was asking about Debian 64-bit.  The ram is maxed at 2 gig
so 32-bit userland would be ok.  I would feel cleaner in pure 64 since
G5 is a 64-bit chip.  There are of bugs at any mode switch boundary. 
People find more every day.

What I'm after is install advice more than design discussions.  How
would I best proceed?  Even if I took your approach?  Don't I need a
64bit kernel either way?  Given my requirements don't I have to build
it?  Given that, what's the best starting point?

The PPC64 wiki claims 98% of userland is done.  What it does not cover
is "getting started."  I need install advice.  There's no up-to-date
installer that I found.

Does the autobuilder build kernel.org releases with Debian patches for
PPC64?

Thanks much.



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