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>4. Get the installation files</H1
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> This chapter describes how to get your hands on a copy of one or
several Linux distributions able to run on the 7248.
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>4.1. Buying a CD</H2
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>Debian GNU/Linux</P
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Buying Debian CDs for PPC might be a tricky one. You
should scan<A
HREF="http://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/"
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> this
list</A
> for availble local (or shipping) resellers
of Debian CDs, and ask them for a PPC
distribution. You may be lucky.
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>SuSE</P
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> You should be able to find a local reseller, or buy
directly off the net, <A
HREF="http://www.suse.com/us/private/products/suse_linux/ppc/index.html"
TARGET="_top"
> try this link</A
>.
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>YellowDog Linux</P
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> You should be able to find a local reseller, or buy
directly off the net, <A
HREF="http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/store/index.php?submit=ydl"
TARGET="_top"
> try this link</A
>
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>Mandrake</P
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> You should be able to find a local reseller, or buy
directly off the net. Try this link: <A
HREF="http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppc.php3"
TARGET="_top"
> http://www.mandrakesoft.com</A
>
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>4.2. Download CD images over FTP or HTTP</H2
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> The other way around is to download preformatted CD images,
and burn them out yourself.
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> Before downloading installation images or doing a network
installation, please consider buying boxed set, or services
from the respective parties. Companies and organizations
building Free Software needs support and money to survive.
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>Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 "Woody"</P
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>Find download sites for Debian GNU/Linux ISO images
<A
HREF="http://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/"
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> here</A
>. Please use a local mirror. Remember to pick
the right platform, "powerpc".
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>SuSE 7.3</P
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>Download the SuSE installer cd <A
HREF="ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/boot/"
TARGET="_top"
>here</A
>.
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>YellowDog Linux 2.3 "Dayton"</P
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>ISO images for YellowDog Linux 2.3 are availble for
download from<A
HREF="http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/resources/ftp_mirrors.shtml"
TARGET="_top"
> YellowDog's FTP site</A
> or from <A
HREF="http://www.linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=12"
TARGET="_top"
> linuxiso.org</A
>. Only the first CD of the CD set is
availble, but that's all you will need to install.
Afterwards, you may want to upgrade the system over the
net. You may also dist-upgrade to version 3.0
("Sirius"). This is described in <A
HREF="sirius.html"
>Section 14</A
>.
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>Mandrake Linux 9.1 ("Bamboo")</P
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> ISO images for Mandrake Linux 9.1 for PPC are availble
for download at <A
HREF="http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/ftp.php3"
TARGET="_top"
>Mandrake's
download page</A
>, please use a local mirror. You
can also download from <A
HREF="http://www.linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=29"
TARGET="_top"
> linuxiso.org</A
>
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> To make a CD, you need some CD burning software package. This
is outside the scope of this document, allthough any decent CD
burning software on any platform should be able to do it.
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>4.3. Network installation</H2
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> All distributions mentioned in this document are able to do a
network installation except for YellowDog. For the other
distributions, both installation from CD and over the network
will be described. The Mandrake installation is special,
because it needs a local mirror, made from a complete ftp site
mirror or from the CDs, see below.
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> All installation methods described in this document will be
initiated with a floppy disk boot image. The 7248 is also
capable of booting over the net (via tftp), and of course, by
cdrom. This will not be covered in the following.
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> Before downloading installation images or doing a network
installation, please consider buying boxed set, or services
from the respective parties. Companies and organizations
building Free Software needs support and money to survive.
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