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>Get the installation files</TITLE
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TITLE="Installing GNU/Linux on the IBM RS/6000 43P model 7248 HOWTO"
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TITLE="Setting up the hardware with SMS"
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>Installing GNU/Linux on the IBM RS/6000 43P model 7248 HOWTO</TH
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NAME="GET-THE-INSTALLATION-FILES"
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>Get the installation files</H1
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NAME="AEN330"
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> This chapter describes how to get your hands on a copy of one or
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several Linux distributions able to run on the 7248.
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>Buying a CD</H2
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> <P
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><UL
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>Debian GNU/Linux</P
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>
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Buying Debian CDs for PPC might be a tricky one. You
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should scan<A
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HREF="http://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/"
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TARGET="_top"
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> this
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list</A
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> for availble local (or shipping) resellers
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of Debian CDs, and ask them for a PPC
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distribution. You may be lucky.
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>SuSE</P
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> You should be able to find a local reseller, or buy
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directly off the net, <A
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HREF="http://www.suse.com/us/private/products/suse_linux/ppc/index.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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> try this link</A
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>.
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</P
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>YellowDog Linux</P
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> You should be able to find a local reseller, or buy
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directly off the net, <A
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HREF="http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/store/index.php?submit=ydl"
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TARGET="_top"
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> try this link</A
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>Mandrake</P
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> You should be able to find a local reseller, or buy
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directly off the net. Try this link: <A
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HREF="http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppc.php3"
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TARGET="_top"
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> http://www.mandrakesoft.com</A
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>
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>Download CD images over FTP or HTTP</H2
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> The other way around is to download preformatted CD images,
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and burn them out yourself.
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</P
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> Before downloading installation images or doing a network
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installation, please consider buying boxed set, or services
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from the respective parties. Companies and organizations
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building Free Software needs support and money to survive.
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</P
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><P
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> <P
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></P
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>Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 "Woody"</P
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>Find download sites for Debian GNU/Linux ISO images
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HREF="http://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/"
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TARGET="_top"
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> here</A
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>. Please use a local mirror. Remember to pick
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the right platform, "powerpc".
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>SuSE 7.3</P
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>Download the SuSE installer cd <A
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HREF="ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/boot/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>here</A
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>.
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</P
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><LI
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>YellowDog Linux 2.3 "Dayton"</P
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>ISO images for YellowDog Linux 2.3 are availble for
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download from<A
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HREF="http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/resources/ftp_mirrors.shtml"
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TARGET="_top"
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> YellowDog's FTP site</A
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> or from <A
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HREF="http://www.linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=12"
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TARGET="_top"
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> linuxiso.org</A
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>. Only the first CD of the CD set is
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availble, but that's all you will need to install.
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Afterwards, you may want to upgrade the system over the
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net. You may also dist-upgrade to version 3.0
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("Sirius"). This is described in <A
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HREF="x861.htm"
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>the Section called <I
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>Appendix: Updating from YellowDog 2.3 (Dayton) to 3.0 (Sirius)</I
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>Mandrake Linux 9.1 ("Bamboo")</P
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> ISO images for Mandrake Linux 9.1 for PPC are availble
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for download at <A
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HREF="http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/ftp.php3"
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TARGET="_top"
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>Mandrake's
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download page</A
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>, please use a local mirror. You
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can also download from <A
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HREF="http://www.linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=29"
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TARGET="_top"
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> linuxiso.org</A
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> To make a CD, you need some CD burning software package. This
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is outside the scope of this document, allthough any decent CD
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burning software on any platform should be able to do it.
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>Network installation</H2
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> All distributions mentioned in this document are able to do a
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network installation except for YellowDog. For the other
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distributions, both installation from CD and over the network
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will be described. The Mandrake installation is special,
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because it needs a local mirror, made from a complete ftp site
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mirror or from the CDs, see below.
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> All installation methods described in this document will be
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initiated with a floppy disk boot image. The 7248 is also
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capable of booting over the net (via tftp), and of course, by
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cdrom. This will not be covered in the following.
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</P
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> Before downloading installation images or doing a network
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installation, please consider buying boxed set, or services
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from the respective parties. Companies and organizations
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building Free Software needs support and money to survive.
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</P
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