I can help with SPARC, Alpha, and a couple of other strange chips as far
as helping understand the hardware troubleshooting, etc... I don't
attend all of the install fests, but can usually show up on request.
For PPC, I'd say at least consider Yellow Dog, I'd think we could at
least have it available, in case someone shows up with a new iMac Mini
or some such and would really like to run Linux on the box.
If someone wants S/390 install help, they probably want to pay IBM to
load it up anyway, since installing their own O/S voids the service and
support contract on the system. ;}
==Joseph++
PLUGd@LuftHans.com wrote:
>Am 24. Jan, 2005 schwätzte augie so:
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>>> I think we have to consider the hardware that the OSs are going to be
>>> installed onto, also to help determine which OS ultimately does get
>>> installed.
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>True.
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>>> I know that Mepis will not install on 486 hardware but some of the Knoppix
>>> versions will. Also some OSs don't support all the latest and greatest, bells
>>> and whistles yet.
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>To be honest, we shouldn't be installing on 486en at the InstallFests. We
>should require at least a pentium/amd 400 or something. If they know
>enough to make a 486 useful they don't need our help :) .
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>We do need to consider PPC, though.
>
>For now let's plan on x86 and expand to PPC once we get some things
>organized. If someone wants help with PPC, Sparc, Alpha, Xscale/StronARM,
>etc. they should contact us beforehand and we can see if we can arrange to
>have someone(s) to help them. If they have an s/390 we probably need to go
>to them :) .
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>>> Also dual boots...DEFRAG prior to arriving at the fest is mandatory if the
>>> other OS is the one whose name we don't like to utter.
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>Yeah, we need to emphasize that those who want to retain m$ on their boxen
>need to defrag prior to showing up for the InstallFest. Theoretically they
>don't need to if they're installing on a different disk, but let's leave
>that out of the instructions and just keep it simple by requiring that
>everyone wanting duel-boot on a machine that already has an m$ OS must
>defrag before bringing the box in.
>
>ciao,
>
>der.hans
> -- # https://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.AZOTO.org/ # ... make it
> clear I support "Free Software" and not "Open Source", # and don't
> imply I agree that there is such a thing as a # "Linux operating
> system". - rms
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