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Re: Linux on P7?

I seem to recall that you'll need the big-endian distro for Power 7.

Loading as a NWSD hosted on IBM i might make it easier to do.
the IBM i LPAR would need minimal OS and processor resources.

I am running CentOS 7.2 on our Power8

Bryan



Buck Calabro wrote on 7/10/2018 4:42 PM:
On 7/10/2018 3:39 PM, Steve Pavlichek wrote:

Supported Linux distributions and virtualization options for POWER8 and POWER9 Linux on Power systems

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/linuxonibm/liaam/liaamdistros.htm#liaamdistros__supportedpower8
Thanks Steve.
I might be over-thinking it, but I have 40 years of midrange experience,
and I sort of expect a convoluted install process. So I'm looking for a
canonical 'How to install Linux on Power'. I saw the referenced page,
but I didn't see any download / install instructions. The dW link Kevin
posted looks promising.

It really is a P7 8202-E4C - I typed the wrong model number in my
initial post.


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