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 Paul D. Shaffer, RHCT, CNA System Security Officer Lockheed Martin Information Systems and Solutions work: (720) 662-5240 cell: (303) 809-1002 pager: (877) 609-1802 "The more noise a man or a motor makes the less power there is available." -- W.R. McGeary -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James Wilkinson Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 10:43 AM To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx 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. -- E-mail address: james | ... where the teams bring a completely new definition @westexe.demon.co.uk | to the word 'entertainment', while retaining the full, | original meaning of the words 'total' and 'rubbish'... | -- "I'm Sorry, I Haven't A Clue", BBC Radio 4 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
