On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Zeljko Jovanovic < zelj...@tesla.rcub.bg.ac.rs> wrote:
> On 09.04.2014. 18:24, Fil Di Noto wrote: > >> Is there any hope of OpenBSD running on IBM Power hardware (System P, >> LPAR) in the future? >> > ... > > OS on that hardware without cooperation from IBM? I don't see any >> Linux distros that do not have a relationship with IBM that run on >> Power. >> > > Slackware Linux has an IBM port, although it has not been updated for > several years now: http://www.slack390.org > > I am not sure what are the differences between largest IBM machines > (System Z, formerly known as System/390), and smaller systems such as > System P. But I am sure that Slackware project certainly does not have a > relationship with any company. > > By the way, as you probably know, Slackware is the oldest surviving Linux > distribution, and adversises as the most "UNIX-like" among Linuxes. Also, > its /etc layout is of BSD type, not System V like in other Linux > distribution. The overall "look and feel" after instalation is similar to > OpenBSD. Even the BSD games packages, with fortune program enabled by > default is there. :) > The question is for how long. Especially RedHat is pushing a lot of stuff in a way which even MS need to yet discover (:-)). And crap like systemd and similar is just a start. Man that stupid stuff is not even able to boot automatically system which is supposed to mount automatically with filesystem residing on LVM (OpenSuse 12.x). You add aditional disk, create LVM on it, some ext filesystem, put it in /etc/fstab, mount.....oooooo works...... till reboot which always end in emergency mode where you need to comment that new entry in /etc/fstab, reboot, manually start LVM service (!), manually mount new entry in /etc/fstab again. WHAT AN IMPROVEMENT ! ' And I'm describing just stuff which admins are and were doing for years on Linux. Simple new disk/partition with LVM. Stuff which was not needed to hack somewhat around after reboot just to get system back working. Too much bored to look at that shit in details, but seems like it's not able to start services in proper order and completely breaking functional thing like simple /etc/fstab which was working for such long time in Unix world.
