I don't think that the 2.4 kernel for PPC can do 64 bit, but I am not absolutely sure 
about that.  I would wait for a while before putting the 2.6 kernel on any production 
system.

You probably know this, but a 32 bit kernel can only use 4G of RAM on PPC.

Did I say only 4G! Wow! I remember systems that only supported 64K of RAM.

-----Original Message-----
From: Arty Ecock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 10:56 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: OT: New Mac G5


Hi,

   I'm considering replacing several existing development workstations
with a single G5 Mac.  The G5 would run Linux natively with the following
applications:

   - Mac-On-Linux (for running Panther and Jaguar)
   - Hercules (to replace my aging P/390)
   - Bochs or Wine (for running those few Windows 2000 apps that have no
     native Linux client)
   - I would *LOVE* to be able to boot AIX on this thing, but I have no idea
     if that is possible

   Has anyone any experience with the G5?  Any advice?

Cheers,
Arty

P.S. I'd load the G5 to the gills with RAM and DASD.

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