RE: hp735 HD problems w/ debian pa-risc linux
Many thanks for the update. So single ended drives
only, and thus external only (for now). Any idea when
the controller patch might wander into beta? Also, do
you know if an external scsi JAZZ drive is supported
when hooked to this workstation? Thanks again.
- elmar
--- "BRADETICH,RYAN (HP-Boise,ex1)"
<ryan_bradetich@hp.com> wrote:
> The FW/Diff drives are currently not supported
> on the 735 and 755 systems. Richard Hirst wrote
> a prelimiary patch for the Outfield controller
> that I have played with, but it is not working
> yet. I can put an updated version of Richard's
> patch out on ftp.parisc-linux.org if you want
> to play with it, otherwise I recommend finding
> a singled ended disk to hookup to the 735 since
> that controller is supported.
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Ryan
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: elmar schmeisser [mailto:chagin1@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 8:13 AM
> > To: debian-hppa@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: hp735 HD problems w/ debian pa-risc linux
> >
> >
> > Good morning - I have inherited a complete hp 735
> > (Apollo) workstation, that I know functions with
> hpux.
> > It contained 2 each 1/2 gig scsi hd's. These I
> > replaced with 2 gig hd's. There is of course no
> > operating system on these. I downloaded the
> PA-RISC
> > debian linux iso (0.9.3), and burned it to CD on a
> > windows box. This iso boots from the external
> cdrom
> > fine on the workstation. The problem is this: the
> > initial boot ROM prompts say that the HD's exist
> and
> > have appropriate scsi ID's. But Debian claims that
> > there are NO HD's present in the machine at all to
> > partition. So next I reinstalled the old hard
> drives
> > (2 drives, about a 1/2 gig each). They have HP-UX
> 9.03
> > on them. These drives booted HPUX perfectly! I
> have
> > user and root access and can muck about in VUE as
> much
> > as I want (SAM is flakey, however). But, when I
> > attempt to boot from the external CDROM, the
> debian
> > PA-RISC linux again will not acknowledge these
> disks
> > (the CDROM works fine, btw). Debian claims they do
> not
> > even exist, despite the fact that I am running
> 9.03
> > off them. Any ideas what is going on? I really
> want to
> > get this machine 2K compliant, and 9.03 doesn't do
> it!
> > My question #1) Any idea why the boot ROM (PALO)
> can
> > see them but linux cannot? Question #2) why are
> the 2
> > gig scsi drives also invisible? Thanks all.
> >
> > - elmar schmeisser <chagin1@yahoo.com>
> >
> >
> > __________________________________________________
> > Do You Yahoo!?
> > HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs
> > http://www.hotjobs.com
> >
> >
> > --
> > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to
> debian-hppa-request@lists.debian.org
> > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact
> > listmaster@lists.debian.org
> >
>
>
> --
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to
> debian-hppa-request@lists.debian.org
> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact
> listmaster@lists.debian.org
>
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs
http://www.hotjobs.com
Reply to: