Re: installing rh 7.2 on ia64

Hello,

[email protected] ([email protected]) said:

> we run a cluster of 64 dual-processor itanium2 boxes (hp server rx2600) 
> which is currently running debian.

First do you really need to change ? (BTW, I'm not a Debian fan :-)
> 
> my question regards how i might boot into the rh7.2 install seeing as 
> there is no iso for ia64 (to my knowledge), so a bootable cd is not an 
> option... or is it?  is there a way to create a bootable rh7.2 cd without 
> the iso?

RH7.2 won't work on I2 machines :-( (ZX1 + USB kbd/mouse).
You should try RHAS 2.1 for ia64. Not a free option :-(
Or you can download all the packages from RH ftp site and put them on an
ftp server and do a PXE install through the network (which would also
work for 7.2 if the kernel could work).
Or you change the kernel of 7.2 to handle the hw, but that's maybe more tricky.

Mandrake has also announce the availability of their 9.0 distro for the next weeks
and there will be some iso images to use, so you may also want to wait.

Best regards,
Bruno.
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