Re: Debian on rp 7400
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.
>
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> Conan C. Albrecht, Ph.D.
> Brigham Young University
> conan_albrecht@byu.edu
> http://warp.byu.edu/
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