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| From | Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.hardawe, comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: It's Alive! Xeon W-1270P Has Booted! |
| Date | 2025-02-17 11:57 -0600 |
| Organization | Modern Human |
| Message-ID | <vovta4$brq7$3@solani.org> (permalink) |
| References | <pan$babd$e4b1a17a$d6bf7cb7$ee7a8272@linux.rocks> <voqsrb$98vp$2@solani.org> <pan$6bde$1c85f8a0$f767c83f$ffb1695@linux.rocks> <votm05$am2q$5@solani.org> <pan$dd3d8$d526e35d$87c4ac6c$8ed5b68e@linux.rocks> |
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On 2/17/25 3:03 AM, Farley Flud wrote: > On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:40:21 -0600, Physfitfreak wrote: > >> >> But if >> I take a step toward finding whether my Xeon computer works with linux >> then I will have to take that opportunity to delve inside everything >> about workings of linux. Otherwise it won't be worth the effort, I feel. >> > > Get a copy of the Gentoo LiveGUI USB: > > https://www.gentoo.org/downloads/ > > Write the ISO file to a USB thumb drive: > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Installation/Media#Writing_a_bootable_USB > > Basically, the command is: > > dd if=livegui.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4096 status=progress && sync > > You just need to know what drive (/dev/sdX) is the USB. > > After booting the LiveGUI, your Xeon will work. > > > > > My Xeon works fine with Knoppix on a USB drive too. I want to use it with a full-featured linux os installed on the HD, not from a USB, if that's what you're telling me to do.
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Re: It's Alive! Xeon W-1270P Has Booted! Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2025-02-15 14:18 -0600
Re: It's Alive! Xeon W-1270P Has Booted! -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2025-02-16 12:22 -0500
Re: It's Alive! Xeon W-1270P Has Booted! Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2025-02-16 15:22 -0600
Re: It's Alive! Xeon W-1270P Has Booted! Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-02-16 18:36 +0000
Re: It's Alive! Xeon W-1270P Has Booted! Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2025-02-16 15:40 -0600
Re: It's Alive! Xeon W-1270P Has Booted! Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-02-17 09:03 +0000
Re: It's Alive! Xeon W-1270P Has Booted! Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2025-02-17 11:57 -0600
Re: It's Alive! Xeon W-1270P Has Booted! Farley Flud <fsquared@fsquared.linux> - 2025-02-17 18:18 +0000
Re: It's Alive! Xeon W-1270P Has Booted! Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-02-17 13:33 -0500
Re: It's Alive! Xeon W-1270P Has Booted! Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2025-02-17 13:17 -0600
Re: It's Alive! Xeon W-1270P Has Booted! Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2025-02-17 13:18 -0600
Re: It's Alive! Xeon W-1270P Has Booted! Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2025-02-17 13:20 -0600
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