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  3. May 2005

Re: Linux on an IXS card

linux400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 05/09/2005 09:52:23 AM:
> Hello List!
> 
> I've been told that I'm going to install Linux on an IXS card at one of 
> our client sites.  I downloaded the redbook, but it only specifically 
> discusses using RHEL or SLES on the IXS card.  Now, being a good little 
> Linux hacker, I know that I should be able to use any distribution under 

> the sun (as long as it's compiled for x86).
> 
> Has anyone tried installing something like Debian or its variants on an 
> IXS card?  Note, this is not an LPAR.

AFAIK you need to use the binary-only device drivers they provide for
Linux on the IXS....and those device drivers are only built for the 
"supported"
Linux distributions.

The only way I can think of to get Debian on is to run it on a SUSE or
RedHat kernel.

Dave Boutcher
IBM Linux Technology Center

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