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From: Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> Subject: Re: It's Alive! Xeon W-1270P Has Booted! Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.hardawe,comp.os.linux.advocacy References: <pan$babd$e4b1a17a$d6bf7cb7$ee7a8272@linux.rocks> <voqsrb$98vp$2@solani.org> <pan$6bde$1c85f8a0$f767c83f$ffb1695@linux.rocks> <votm05$am2q$5@solani.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <pan$dd3d8$d526e35d$87c4ac6c$8ed5b68e@linux.rocks> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 31 Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.usenetexpress.com!not-for-mail Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 09:03:43 +0000 Nntp-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 09:03:43 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 1412 Organization: UsenetExpress - www.usenetexpress.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenetexpress.com Bytes: 1731 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. -- Systemd: solving all the problems that you never knew you had.