Re: debian on HP9000 class K100

[Michael Perkonigg <michael.perkonigg@liland.at>]

Thibaut VARENE wrote:

> On 6/10/06, julien leveugle <julien.lev@free.fr> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > I would like to install a debian 3.1r1 on a HP9000 class K100. Do you 
> > think that
> > it is possible? Has somebody ever tried that and could give me some 
> > advice about
> > this experience?
>
>
> http://www.pateam.org/list.html shows it's been supported for ages. It
> should install pretty much as any other hppa machine, provided you
> follow the installation instructions. Please also make sure to read
> the errata.


I tried that with 3.0 a year ago but wasn't able to install it. There is 
the usual ramdisk bug (8MB too less) but this was no problem.
The kernel panicked while in the first stages of booting.
I had 128MB ram which should be more than sufficient.

Regards,
Mike