Last fall I got a PegasosII powerpc machine from Freescale to play with. The deal was that I should try to make this usable as a Skolelinux Server, and maybe also as a Thin client. I've kind of achieved both, and the result is availible as an installation CD from one of the following: http://ftp.skolelinux.no/skolelinux-cd/debian-edu_sarge-powerpc_beta.iso ftp://ftp.skolelinux.no/skolelinux-cd/debian-edu_sarge-powerpc_beta.iso rsync ftp.skolelinux.no::skolelinux-cd/debian-edu_sarge-powerpc_beta.iso
There is one bug that causes problem, autopartkit fails if there is 2 VolumeGroups on powerpc (vg_system and vg_data). to help out, please look at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=317596 The difference between Debian-edu of i386 and powerpc is the following: -No java on the CD (to my knowledge neither java from sun nor flashplayer from macromedia is supported on LInux on PowerPC). I know there is free alternatives, that even works, but they dont work with the sites the schools want to use. -It uses lessdisks as a thin client setup instead of LTSP. I've heard roumors about some LTSP powerpc packages, but I knew that it was pretty straight forward to set it up using lessdisks. -- Finn-Arne Johansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bzz.no/ Leverandør av support på, drift og videreutvikling av Skolelinux-løsninger -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
