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This section provides notes that are specific to the supported hardware architectures of Fedora.
RPM supports parallel installation of
multiple architectures of the same package. A default package
listing such as rpm -qa might appear to include
duplicate packages, since the architecture is not displayed.
Instead, use the repoquery command, part of the
yum-utils package, which
displays architecture by default. To install
yum-utils, run the following command:
su -c 'yum install yum-utils'
To list all packages with their architecture using
rpm, run the following command:
rpm -qa --queryformat "%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}\n"
You can add this to /etc/rpm/macros (for a
system wide setting) or ~/.rpmmacros (for a
per-user setting). It changes the default query to list the
architecture:
%_query_all_fmt %%{name}-%%{version}-%%{release}.%%{arch}This section covers specific information about Fedora and the PPC hardware platform.
Minimum CPU: PowerPC G3 / POWER3
Fedora 7 supports only the "New World" generation of Apple Power Macintosh, shipped from circa 1999 onward.
Fedora 7 also supports IBM pSeries, IBM iSeries, IBM RS/6000, Genesi Pegasos II, and IBM Cell Broadband Engine machines.
Fedora 7 includes new hardware support for Genesi Efika, and for the Sony PlayStation 3.
Recommended for text-mode: 233 MHz G3 or better, 128MiB RAM.
Recommended for graphical: 400 MHz G3 or better, 256MiB RAM.
The disk space requirements listed below represent the disk
space taken up by Fedora 7 after installation is complete.
However, additional disk space is required during installation
to support the installation environment. This additional disk
space corresponds to the size of
/Fedora/base/stage2.img (on Installation
Disc 1) plus the size of the files in /var/lib/rpm on the installed
system.
In practical terms, additional space requirements may range from as little as 90 MiB for a minimal installation to as much as an additional 175 MiB for an "everything" installation. The complete packages can occupy over 9 GB of disk space.
Additional space is also required for any user data, and at least 5% free space should be maintained for proper system operation.
After a brief experiment with 64KiB pages in Fedora Core 6, the PowerPC64 kernel has now been switched back to 4KiB pages. The installer should reformat any swap partitions automatically during an upgrade.
The Option key on Apple systems is equivalent to the Alt key on the PC. Where documentation and the installer refer to the Alt key, use the Option key. For some key combinations you may need to use the Option key in conjunction with the Fn key, such as Option-Fn-F3 to switch to virtual terminal tty3.
Fedora Installation Disc 1 is bootable on supported hardware. In
addition, a bootable CD image appears in the images/ directory of this disc.
These images behave differently according to your system
hardware:
On most machines, the bootloader automatically boots the appropriate 32-bit or 64-bit installer from the install disc. The default gnome-power-manager package includes power management support, including sleep and backlight level management. Users with more complex requirements can use the apmud package. To install apmud after installation, use the following command:
su -c 'yum install apmud'
64-bit IBM pSeries (POWER4/POWER5), current iSeries models. After using OpenFirmware to boot the CD, the bootloader,
yaboot, automatically boots the 64-bit installer.IBM "Legacy" iSeries (POWER4). So-called "Legacy" iSeries models, which do not use OpenFirmware, require use of the boot image located in the
images/iSeriesdirectory of the installation tree.32-bit CHRP (IBM RS/6000 and others). After using OpenFirmware to boot the CD, select the
linux32boot image at theboot:prompt to start the 32-bit installer. Otherwise, the 64-bit installer starts and fails.Genesi Pegasos II. At the time of writing, firmware with full support for ISO9660 file systems has not yet been released for the Pegasos. You can use the network boot image, however. At the OpenFirmware prompt, enter the following command:
boot cd: /images/netboot/ppc32.img
You must also configure OpenFirmware on the Pegasos manually to make the installed Fedora system bootable. To do this, set the
boot-deviceandboot-fileenvironment variables appropriately.Genesi Efika. At the time of writing, the firmware of the Efika has bugs which prevent correct operation of the
yabootbootloader. An updated firmware should be available by April 2007, in advance of the release of Fedora 7. With a fixed firmware, installation on Efika should be the same as on Pegasos II.Sony PlayStation 3. For installation on PlayStation 3, first update to firmware 1.60 or later. The "Other OS" boot loader must be installed into the flash, following the instructions at http://www.playstation.com/ps3-openplatform/manual.html. A suitable boot loader image ia located on the Fedora 7 install media. Once the boot loader is installed, the PlayStation 3 should boot from the Fedora install media. Select the
linux64from the graphical boot menu. For more information on Fedora and the PlayStation3 or Fedora on PowerPC in general, join the Fedora-PPC mailing list or the#fedora-ppcchannel on FreeNode.Network booting. Combined images containing the installer kernel and ramdisk are located in the
images/netboot/directory of the installation tree. They are intended for network booting with TFTP, but can be used in many ways.The
yabootloader supports TFTP booting for IBM pSeries and Apple Macintosh. The Fedora Project encourages the use ofyabootover thenetbootimages.
This section covers specific information about Fedora and the x86 hardware platform.
In order to use specific features of Fedora 7 during or after installation, you may need to know details of other hardware components such as video and network cards.
The following CPU specifications are stated in terms of Intel processors. Other processors, such as those from AMD, Cyrix, and VIA that are compatible with and equivalent to the following Intel processors, may also be used with Fedora.
Fedora 7 requires an Intel Pentium or better processor, and is optimized for Pentium 4 and later processors.
Recommended for text-mode: 200 MHz Pentium-class or better
Recommended for graphical: 400 MHz Pentium II or better
Minimum RAM for text-mode: 128MiB
Minimum RAM for graphical: 192MiB
Recommended RAM for graphical: 256MiB
The disk space requirements listed below represent the disk
space taken up by Fedora 7 after the installation is complete.
However, additional disk space is required during the
installation to support the installation environment. This
additional disk space corresponds to the size of
/Fedora/base/stage2.img on Installation
Disc 1 plus the size of the files in /var/lib/rpm on the installed
system.
In practical terms, additional space requirements may range from as little as 90 MiB for a minimal installation to as much as an additional 175 MiB for an "everything" installation. The complete packages can occupy over 9 GB of disk space.
Additional space is also required for any user data, and at least 5% free space should be maintained for proper system operation.
This section covers specific information about Fedora and the x86_64 hardware platform.
In order to use specific features of Fedora 7 during or after installation, you may need to know details of other hardware components such as video and network cards.
Minimum RAM for text-mode: 256MiB
Minimum RAM for graphical: 384MiB
Recommended RAM for graphical: 512MiB
The disk space requirements listed below represent the disk
space taken up by Fedora 7 after the installation is complete.
However, additional disk space is required during the
installation to support the installation environment. This
additional disk space corresponds to the size of
/Fedora/base/stage2.img on Installation
Disc 1 plus the size of the files in /var/lib/rpm on the installed
system.
In practical terms, additional space requirements may range from as little as 90 MiB for a minimal installation to as much as an additional 175 MiB for an "everything" installation. The complete packages can occupy over 9 GB of disk space.
Additional space is also required for any user data, and at least 5% free space should be maintained for proper system operation.