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Installing SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Caldera SCO Linux 64

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The IPF (IA-64) Linux plans for each of the four UnitedLinux partners are as follows: Conectiva Linux Conectiva has not officially released any version of their Conectiva Linux product for any Itanium processor. To find out about Conectiva's products and services, go to: http://www.conectiva.com Caldera SCO Linux 64 The SCO Group, previously called Caldera, has announced a version of their SCO Linux product for the Itanium family. This product is called Caldera SCO Linux 64. To find out about SCO's products on Linux for 64-bit platforms or IBM support for SCO products, go to: http://www.sco.com/products/openlinux64 http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/compat/nos/thecscocgroup.html Turbolinux 7.0 for Itanium Turbolinux also has a product for Itanium processors, Turbolinux 7.0 for Itanium, but it is not their latest version, which is 8.0. To find out about Turbolinux products on Linux for 64-bit platforms or IBM support for SCO products, go to: http://www.turbolinux.com/products/tls7i http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/compat/nos/turbolinux.html SuSE SLES 8 for IA-64 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 was the only commercial Linux distribution supporting Itanium 2 processors available at the time of writing of this redbook. We had access to a pre-release beta version of this distribution that provided a 2.4.19 kernel optimized for Itanium 2. For information on IBM Support of SuSE products, go to: http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/compat/nos/suse.html 4.3.4 Installing SuSE Linux Enterprise Server In this section, we focus on the installation procedure of SuSE SLES 8 and all the issues you may find. We used SuSE SLES 8 Release Candidate 2 to write this redbook. Chapter 4. Installation 103

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Chapter 4. Installation
103
The IPF (IA-64) Linux plans for each of the four UnitedLinux partners are as
follows:
±
Conectiva Linux
Conectiva has not officially released any version of their Conectiva Linux
product for any Itanium processor. To find out about Conectiva’s products and
services, go to:
±
Caldera SCO Linux 64
The SCO Group, previously called Caldera, has announced a version of their
SCO Linux product for the Itanium family. This product is called Caldera SCO
Linux 64.
To find out about SCO’s products on Linux for 64-bit platforms or IBM support
for SCO products, go to:
±
Turbolinux 7.0 for Itanium
Turbolinux also has a product for Itanium processors, Turbolinux 7.0 for
Itanium, but it is not their latest version, which is 8.0.
To find out about Turbolinux products on Linux for 64-bit platforms or IBM
support for SCO products, go to:
±
SuSE SLES 8 for IA-64
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 was the only commercial Linux distribution
supporting Itanium 2 processors available at the time of writing of this
redbook. We had access to a pre-release beta version of this distribution that
provided a 2.4.19 kernel optimized for Itanium 2.
For information on IBM Support of SuSE products, go to:
4.3.4
Installing SuSE Linux Enterprise Server
In this section, we focus on the installation procedure of SuSE SLES 8 and all the
issues you may find. We used SuSE SLES 8 Release Candidate 2 to write this
redbook.