On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 15:10 -0400, Mackell, Thomas O wrote:
I would like to install a Linux machine on a Pseries lpar.
Would this actually work like the regular linux installs? Or is there
a bunch of hoops to jump through, to get this to work.
BTW, Going to try Redhat 5.3 for the install, if it makes any
difference.
I haven't yet proposed a howto for ppc support in cobbler. :( However,
I can say that support for ppc mimics support for i386/x86_64 with a
notable exception around network boot support (aka PXE).
Powerpc uses yaboot over the network to mimic PXE booting. The only
drawback with using yaboot-based network booting inside cobbler is that
it doesn't support profile-based kickstart installs like PXE does. Only
system-based kickstart installs are supported when using the yaboot
network boot support.
If you'd like network boot support with your ppc system, I would
recommend using the latest yaboot binary included in Fedora 11. The
version supplied by cobbler is slightly out of date and planned for an
update in a future release. To use the latest version:
# cd /tmp
# wget
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Fedora/ppc...
# mv yaboot /var/lib/tftpboot/yaboot-1.3.14
If you are just using koan on ppc, it should work just like `koan
--replace-self` on other architectures.
Have fun!
Thanks,
James
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