Install Linux on Apple XServe (Intel processor)

max bianco maximilianbianco at gmail.com
Wed May 14 18:16:32 UTC 2008


On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 1:59 PM, max bianco <maximilianbianco at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan
> <pocallaghan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 13:42 -0400, max bianco wrote:
>>> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Jonathan Berry <berryja at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Hi all,
>>> >
>>> > I am trying to install Linux on an Apple XServe and am not getting
>>> > very far.  It basically seems to be refusing to boot from the DVD-RW
>>> > install disks I have.  I have tried a CentOS 5.1 and a Fedora 8 DVD
>>> > with no success.  I also tried a System Rescue Live CD (which is a
>>> > CD-R) and it did not do anything with it either.  I did get it to boot
>>> > to an OS X install DVD, so I know it should be able to boot from the
>>> > DVD drive.  When I try to get a boot list with the Linux DVDs (holding
>>> > down Alt on bootup), it only lists the main harddrive.
>>> >
>>> > Has anyone ever put (or attempted to put) Linux on an XServe?
>>> >
>>> Is that a PPC or x86?
>>
>> Read the Subject: line again.
>>
>> poc
>>
>
>
> I saw the subject line , so i could assume it was x86 but although i
> can use a Mac well enough, I don't have as much familiarity with their
> hardware. So i asked.
>
> Max
>

I could have sworn too that I saw something about intel designing
chips for the ppc arch but i googled and couldn't find a thing except
for the mention of Apple's transition to intel chips. Oh well ,
looking stupid will keep me humble for a few days at least : )

Max




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