On Jan 23, 2008 2:40 PM, Patrick Coleman <<a href="mailto:blinken@gmail.com">blinken@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi all,<br><br>Does anyone know for sure if Debian will run on the latest Apple<br>XServes? I know OSX 10.4 won't work (mostly), so I'm wondering if<br>whatever changed will affect Linux.<br><br>-Patrick<br></blockquote>
</div><br>I was trying to get Linux to go on an Intel Xserve some time ago, my problem was in the kernel itself. I could make it boot but the process stalled somewhere, but the trouble was the console wasn't working problem (fb driver problem) and I ran out of time, had to return the loaner xserve.
<br><br><a href="http://www.mactel-linux.org/wiki/Main_Page">http://www.mactel-linux.org/wiki/Main_Page</a> seems to have some information, and I posted to a mailing list somewhere too... maybe there's been some progress now hopefully?
<br><br>The trick is that the Apples use EFI. So you need an EFI bootloader, EFI capable kernel. People have had easier success with the Desktop models because they operate in x86 BIOS compatible mode also, so you can just use standard grub. Also these machines are cheaper and more easily affordable so it seems the kernel devs had written the fb drivers for these models and they are better tested.
<br><br>Tomasz<br>