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Colin Watson cjwatson at canonical.com
Fri Sep 17 18:54:50 UTC 2004


On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 02:44:28PM -0400, Al Simcoe wrote:
> On Sep 17, 2004, at 12:51 PM, Colin Watson wrote:
> >On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 11:15:38AM -0400, Al Simcoe wrote:
> >>On Sep 17, 2004, at 3:42 AM, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> >>>On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 03:14:58AM -0400, Al Simcoe wrote:
> >>>>	 4. Are both the Install and Live disks Dual G5 2 gig compatible?
> >>>
> >>>I am uncertain whether this configuration has been tested; please let
> >>>us know if you try it.
> >>
> >>I will let you know.
> >>
> >>I am surprised that compatibility with G5 has not been determined yet.
> >>
> >>G5 machines have been available since Nov/03.
> >
> >Our powerpc build daemons are all XServe G5 systems, and work fine
> >(albeit only in uniprocessor mode at the moment, I think). I doubt
> >there will be any problems, but you did ask about quite a specific
> >configuration.
> 
> I do not understand why you say a "Dual G5 2 gig chip" is considered a
> "specific" configuration.

Ubuntu has been tested on G5 chips. It hasn't been tested on Dual G5 2
GHz chips. That's all. :-)

Cheers,

-- 
Colin Watson                                    [cjwatson at canonical.com]




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