Re: Old 720 server and Linux only

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Don't forget you will need big-endian Linux on a Power7.


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On 5/14/2017 11:47 PM, Roberto José Etcheverry Romero wrote:
> 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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