Install Linux on Apple XServe (Intel processor)

[max bianco]

On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan
<pocallaghan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 13:42 -0400, max bianco wrote:
>> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Jonathan Berry <berryja at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I am trying to install Linux on an Apple XServe and am not getting
>> > very far.  It basically seems to be refusing to boot from the DVD-RW
>> > install disks I have.  I have tried a CentOS 5.1 and a Fedora 8 DVD
>> > with no success.  I also tried a System Rescue Live CD (which is a
>> > CD-R) and it did not do anything with it either.  I did get it to boot
>> > to an OS X install DVD, so I know it should be able to boot from the
>> > DVD drive.  When I try to get a boot list with the Linux DVDs (holding
>> > down Alt on bootup), it only lists the main harddrive.
>> >
>> > Has anyone ever put (or attempted to put) Linux on an XServe?
>> >
>> Is that a PPC or x86?
>
> Read the Subject: line again.
>
> poc
>


I saw the subject line , so i could assume it was x86 but although i
can use a Mac well enough, I don't have as much familiarity with their
hardware. So i asked.

Max