That's great to know. When I saw the Xserves at UPLB, 1 word immediately flashed in my mind. Xgrid!
:) On Jun 17, 2007, at ,Jun 17, 4:59AM, Rom Feria wrote: > > FWIW, UP bought 60+ XServe G5s and distributed it to all campuses. :P > In addition, we purchased several more XServes (Intel). > > On Jun 17, 2007, at 2:30 AM, Gari Melecio wrote: > >> >> Speaking of Xserves, UPLB has at least 3 Xserves IIRC. >> >> Wala lang. >> >> On Jun 16, 2007, at ,Jun 16, 11:36AM, [C]hicken [G] od wrote: >> >>> I protest on the chicken comment! <ahem> <ahem> ha ha ha ha >>> >>> On the lighter side of things, is Xserver the operating system used >>> by mac server-grade units? >>> >>> Interesting to find a G5 server locally. I wonder how one comes by >>> it..... >>> >>> On 6/12/07, Paolo Alexis Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On >>> Tue, 2007-06-12 at 16:29 +0800, Ramil Galib wrote: >>>> Any body here have tried installing linux on G5 Xserve? >>>> What distro? Please share your experiences. >>>> Thanks. >>> >>> The latest Debian stable (Etch) will install cleanly on an Apple >>> Xserve >>> G5 (the previous would after much voodoo followed by sprinkling >>> blood of >>> chickens...). Refer to the manual to boot the OpenFirmware boot >>> console >>> on the serial port (as the Xserve doesnt come with VGA/DVI output... >>> unless you attach a graphics card via a riser). The rest is pretty >>> much >>> straightforward if you know OF. >>> >>> The Xserve is known to support booting from CD and USB drives. >>> >>> Terrasoft's Yellow-Dog Linux will also install on the G5, but I >>> haven't >>> touched that distro ever. >>> >>> -- >>> Paolo Alexis Falcone >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> ================================= >>> Check out my twins! >>> http://falconefamily.multiply.com >>> ================================= >>> >>> _________________________________________________ >>> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >>> [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) >>> Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists >>> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> [C] hicken [G] od >>> >>> -=>Hi Tek, Lo Life<=- >>> http://chickengodpictureshow.blogspot.com >>> http://planet-zero.blogspot.com >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> +63-917-998-9361 >>> _________________________________________________ >>> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >>> [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) >>> Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists >>> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >> >> -- >> Garibaldi V. Melecio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> +63.917.951.4054 >> - >> >> >> >> >> _________________________________________________ >> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) >> Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists >> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph -- Garibaldi V. Melecio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +63.917.951.4054 - _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
