On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 10:43:46AM -0600, Conan C. Albrecht wrote:
We have an RP 7400 (N-class) server with 8 processors (2GB ram per
processor). It's a very nice machine and is only a few years old. :)
Yes. it's a wonderful machine. 8 CPU. 6 GB/s backplane. 12 4X PCI
slots.
Does anyone have experience installing Debian on the 7400 (N-class)?
The list archives show gururaj@cup.hp.com successfully put it on a
smaller n-class in non-smp mode. We, of course, want to use all 8
processors.
IIRC, "non-equivalently mapped aliases" cause N-class and L-3000
to not operate in SMP mode correctly. Someone who understands parisc
and linux vm would need suitable motivation to fix this. I can send
trader joes organic dark chocolate if that would help. :^)
BTW< this topic has been thoroughly discussed on parisc-linux
mailing list. See www.parisc-linux.org mailing list archives.
The machine does not have a CD drive, floppy drive, but we've been
able
to at least start using the tiny FTP method. The kernel starts
loading
but then the machine freezes as if it is an incompatible kernel. We
haven't tried the newer 3.0 image yet.
best to use the netinstall ISO from:
ftp://ftp.parisc-linux.org/cd-images/testing/auto-isos/
http://pateam.esiee.fr/
grant
Any experiences or thoughts are appreciated. Thanks.
-------
Conan C. Albrecht, Ph.D.
Brigham Young University
conan_albrecht@byu.edu
http://warp.byu.edu/
PGP.sig? http://warp.byu.edu/PGPInfo.html