Re: Old 720 server and Linux only

[Roberto José Etcheverry Romero <yggdrasil.raiker@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mike, All POWER hardware runs Linux, select hardware runs AIX and IBM i
(it's mostly a matter of loading the correct VET code into the FSP) you
should be able to run Linux on any POWER7 machine, just be aware you might
have to change the hard drives or some IO adapters which might not be
supported under Linux.
Best of luck
Roberto

On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 11:26 PM, Mike Cunningham <mike.cunningham@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Is it possible to load and run just a Linux OS on an old IBM power 720
> server?  Our school was offered the hardware without IBM i OS and we might
> have some students who would be interested in running a Linux distribution
> on this hardware.
>
> Mike Cunningham
>
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