Mikhail Kompaniets wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> As I know Cell/B.E. is based on IBM's Power architecture.
> 
> SL5x is now available only for Intel x86 and x86_64 architectures.
> 
> So there is no ready-to-use solution for you here.
> 
There might be. Check CentOS, another (more popular) RHEL clone.

> Mikhail
> 
> 
> 
> Salamanka A. Serge пишет:
>> Dear SL users and developers,
>>
>> Could you please tell whether SL 5.1 distribution supports the 
>> multi-core Cell Broadband Engine processor.
>>
>> There is a need to choose and install OS for IBM BladeCenter QS21 
>> which is based on Cell/B.E. processor. On the IBM web-site ( 
>> http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/power/cell  ,tab downloads) it 
>> is said that IBM BladeCenter QS21 is the only RHEL5.1-supported 
>> execution platform and a modified version of the Fedora 7 Linux kernel 
>> is provided for Cell/B.E. hardware.
>>
>> I suppose that SL5.1 is RHEL5.1, that is why it is safe install SL5.1 
>> on this machine.
>> Could you please verify.
>> I will appreciate if anyone tells how to determine whether SL5.1 
>> supports Cell/B.E. processor.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Please reply in a shortest time possible.
>>
>> Serge
>> UIIP
>> Minsk
> 


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