fc on hp with itanium 64 bit

[Shaffer, Paul D]

Don't know your personal perspective James, but if you were aware of the
bigger picture, you would see that there is a tremendous demand for
Linux on IA-64.

http://www.sgi.com/company_info/newsroom/press_releases/2003/may/madison
.html

We are porting some major stuff right now, which I cannot discuss.
Fedora is obviously not a player at this stage, but to dismiss
Jeetendra's inquiry as you did does a major disservice to the community.

v/r

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-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of James Wilkinson
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 10:43 AM
To: fedora-list at redhat.com
Subject: Re: fc on hp with itanium 64 bit


Jeetendra Mirchandani wrote:
> Is FC not supported on hp server with Itanium Processer
> 
> this is the mail i got from HP support. Is this true?
> 
> 
> ------------------
> Chkd with our engineer this version is not compatible with the
> server(rx2600).The only versions that will work are Red
> Hat Linux Advanced Server ver 2.1 or ver 3
> 
> Pls arrange for the either of these compatible versions to carry out 
> the
> activity.
> -------------------

Right. Firstly, "supported" in this case means "supported by HP
technical support".

Secondly, it *might*, in theory, be possible to install x86 Fedora using
the Itanium's 32 bit compatibility mode. Never having used Itaniums, I
wouldn't know. I suspect that since Itaniums are surrounded by unusual
hardware, you will run into difficulties.

You would certainly not be able to run IA64 native binaries, and find
that you had turned your expensive computer into a slow PC.

Thirdly, IA64 CDs are not listed on the main Fedora download page. This
means that, at best, you would be looking at a somewhat non-standard
system.

To be honest, unless you're interested in helping out porting Fedora to
IA64, I'd recommend that you grab a build of White Box Linux or one of
the other RHEL repackagers.

The nearest you'l get to Fedora on IA64 is the "Rawhide" development
builds. This is currently somewhere between FC3T2 and FC3T3 (since FC3T3
will be taken from it) and does have IA64 builds, but may trash your
filesystem every so often.

Sorry I can't be of any more help, but it doesn't look like there's much
demand for Linux on IA64 now, and it doesn't look as though there'll be
much in the future, either. You're going to be fairly alone, in any
case:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/24/hp_ends_workstations/ ("HP
knifes Itanium, cans IA-64 workstations")
http://theinquirer.net/?article=18688 ("Itanium unsuitable for
workstations, Intel says")

James.

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