This section provides notes that are specific to the supported hardware architectures of Fedora Core.
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 in Fedora Extras,
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 any specific information you may need to know about Fedora Core and the PPC hardware platform.
Minimum CPU: PowerPC G3 / POWER3
Fedora Core 6 supports only the "New World" generation of Apple Power Macintosh, shipped from circa 1999 onward.
Fedora Core 6 also supports IBM pSeries, IBM iSeries, IBM RS/6000, Genesi Pegasos II, and IBM Cell Broadband Engine machines.
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 Core 6 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 installation that includes nearly all the packages. The complete installed 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.
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 Core 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:
Apple Macintosh The bootloader automatically boots the appropriate 32-bit or 64-bit installer.
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 in Fedora Extras. 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/iSeries directory of the installation tree.
32-bit CHRP (IBM RS/6000 and others)
After using OpenFirmware to boot the CD,
select the linux32 boot image at the boot:
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 Core system bootable.
To do this, set the boot-device and
boot-file environment variables appropriately.
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 yaboot loader supports TFTP booting for IBM pSeries
and Apple Macintosh. The Fedora Project encourages the use of
yaboot over the netboot images.
This section covers any specific information you may need to know about Fedora Core and the x86 hardware platform.
In order to use specific features of Fedora Core 6 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 Core.
Fedora Core 6 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 Core 6 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 installation that includes nearly all the packages. The complete installed 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 any specific information you may need to know about Fedora Core and the x86_64 hardware platform.
In order to use specific features of Fedora Core 6 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: 128MiB
Minimum RAM for graphical: 256MiB
Recommended RAM for graphical: 512MiB
The disk space requirements listed below represent the
disk space taken up by Fedora Core 6 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 installation that includes nearly all the packages. The complete installed 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.