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I am trying to install Ubuntu 20.04 in IBM Power Server 710 but I don't know how to. This question says "Try it out", but the regular 64 bit ISO for amd64 won't work here, and I don't know how to "try it" in PowerPC.

I am looking for an answer containing step by step instructions of how to install Ubuntu Desktop in a ppc64el system (or Ubuntu Server, if a desktop version is not available for this architecture).

This does not address PowerPC.

Archisman Panigrahi
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user170039
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  • What architecture are you using? Only ppc64el is supported; the old ppc is no longer supported by Ubuntu. In my experience though; most errors are the faulty write of ISO to media; so did you verify your ISO as being perfect? and write to media as flawless assuming you are using the correct ISO for your hardware to begin with. – guiverc Oct 21 '21 at 05:53
  • @guiverc According to this link, the processor supports 8 GB to 256 GB memory, so it is most likely ppc64el. – Archisman Panigrahi Oct 21 '21 at 06:54
  • @ArchismanPanigrahi it's my understanding their is a live installer used for the ppc64el release too; so I can't see why try isn't available (though I have no experience with that architecture myself & the subiquity ISO isn't quite the same as a desktop) https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/install/netboot-ppc64el – guiverc Oct 21 '21 at 07:01
  • One ISO QA testcase set (there are 4 for ppc64el) can be found here for focal (the daily now refers to 20.04.4) - http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/408/builds/238461/testcases; a quick overview though I'd look in the server docs like I my prior comment for end-user intended docs. – guiverc Oct 21 '21 at 07:18

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According to the IBM Tech sheet, the IBM Power 710 Express Server uses POWER7+ CPU's.

However, according to both Debian docs and Wikipedia (I'm sure there are other reputable sources as well), the ppc64le architecture is only supported on POWER8 CPU's and later.

This means that Ubuntu (and also Debian) is only supported on systems with at least POWER8 CPU's.

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