Hi, guindior. Previously I send same detail reply. If you know my old message, sorry for same reply.
Me too. I tried to boot from usb and cdrom and dvdrom, but I coudln't. Elilo could't found firmware. Now I run Debian unstable on VMware Fusion. I have no choice. On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:35:32 -0700 (PDT) guindior guindior <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree on the beauty of opensource. > > However, I tried several kernels and the farest I got was launching elilo > with rEFIt and then, when it looked like it was giving control to the kernel > the screen froze. I didn't see any output from the kernel so I believe it was > some incompatibility between the kernel and the firmware. > > I tried several times with different options and I stopped wondering whether > that was even possible. > > BTW, I also tried to boot from usb and cdrom and I couldn't, elilo was never > found neither by rEFIt or Apple firmware. > > Has anybody tried and succeed running linux on an intel xserve natively? > > Thanks, > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Miguel Sousa Filipe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: guindior guindior <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: mactel-linux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 8:07:49 PM > Subject: Re: [Mactel-linux-users] Intel xserve > > You can! > Just have a look at the first linux images available for macintel, on > macintel.. > It used efi, and elilo to boot up. IIRC. > > Alternatively, you can build a bootable efi/elilo linux usbkey/cdrom > by yourself. > That's part of the beauty of opensource, you have all the code/tools > needed to do it by yourself, it just takes: time, pacience and > willpower. > > > Best regards, > > On 6/20/07, guindior guindior <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > intel xserves hardware offers a great quality/value relationship so people > > can consider it to replace their current linux servers hardware and to > > re-purpose it to macos in case of need. > > > > I tried several times to run linux on it without any success. BIOS > > compatibility is not available on intel xserver. > > The only way I can think of running it is having elilo and a kernel > > compatible with efi and apple firmware extensions. > > I could not get any of those. > > Could anyone get that? > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Nick Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Brent Hensarling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: mactel-linux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 1:27:25 AM > > Subject: Re: [Mactel-linux-users] Intel xserve > > > > On 16/06/07, Brent Hensarling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hey everyone, has anyone tried or had any luck at all getting any version > > of linux installed on the intel xserves? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Brent > > > > hi Brent. i remember seeing an email a while ago asking the same thing, but > > iirc it didn't garner any public responses. but i guess you knew that > > already cuz you searched the list's history, right? =) > > > > i'm curious as to why you want to run GNU/Linux on an xserve. > > -Nick > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Mactel-linux-users mailing list > > Mactel-linux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users > > > > > > ________________________________ > > Get your own web address. > > Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Mactel-linux-users mailing list > > Mactel-linux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users > > > > > > > -- > Miguel Sousa Filipe > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Need Mail bonding? > Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. > http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396546091 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Mactel-linux-users mailing list Mactel-linux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users
