The first beta of openSUSE 10.1 has just arrived. One can download it from http://www.opensuse.org/Development_Version#Downloads. The kernel on CD1 is broken, so an alternative boot CD must be downloaded from ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/powerpc/ (or from it's mirrors).

Installation instructions are available from http://www.opensuse.org/POWER@SUSE. Most annoying bugs are availabe at http://www.opensuse.org/Bugs:Most_Annoying_Bugs.

Installation is still not over on my machine, so I can't share much experiences. But there are some improvements on booting:
- no need to specify screen resolution by hand (it's automagically put into the highest supported)
- line mode can be turned off, and get a similar linuxrc environment, as on i386, by specifying linemode=0
So, the command I use for booting at the beginning of installation: I'll test beta1, but it's probably not the best beta1 I have seen...
CzP

The Xorg bug is still here: the line in the Device section, starting with BusID has to be changed from "PCI:1@1:8:0" to "PCI:1@0:8:0". This also means, that X won't start after installation is finished.

The PS/2 mouse bug is finally gone, so one does not have to edit anything to get it running.

X seems to have a major trouble, I could not get any window manager (KDE, Xfce) to work.

As usual, a bootable kernel must be prepared by the user. It's described in detail in the openSUSE wiki. But before you do it, please update your kernel from the updated boot CD. It's in the /suse/ directory, and for the Pegasos kernel-default has to be used.

That's for now. More bugs tomorrow Good night!
CzP

Thanks czp. Having SLES 10 up and running on release will be a great thing. Particularly, with the announcements we have planned for this week...

It seems worthwhile to point out that there are two main branches: SUSE Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES). For the benefit of others reading this thread we specify that SUSE Linux is a boxed consumer product, and has regular releases (roughly every 5-8 months). Versions are in the form of _X.x_ . The major number changes usually after some major changes (like a new main kernel version, new YaST, etc.) and the second for the steady improvement in between.

SLES is a business oriented product. The releases are timed around a SUSE Linux X.1 release. This is based on the actual version of SUSE Linux, and in this version major new features are stabilized. It has no minor numbers, just a major version. It has a full feature freeze at the moment of release, so there are no ABI changes allowed, only security and bugfixes. This is why SLES 9 never ran on PegasosPPC/ODW, as it has a kernel that pre-dated mainline GNU/Linux kernel Pegasos support. SLES version 10 is in testing now, and works on PegasosPPC/ODW.

openSUSE is not yet another version of Linux from SUSE, but a project to involve the community in the development of SUSE Linux. What people often refer to as openSUSE, is actually SUSE Linux OSS, the downloadable version of SUSE Linux, which contains only Open Source Software. Version 10.0 of SUSE Linux OSS works on PegasosPPC/ODW (there is no boxed version for PPC, which will hopefully change with 10.1), and 10.1 is testing now.

Thanks to the effort of "czp", the PegasosPPC/ODW works with beta versions of SLES 10 and SuSE Linux 10.1.

Thanks czp (Peter)!

R&B

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