[ale] Debian HPPA Installation

James P. Kinney III jkinney at localnetsolutions.com
Thu Jan 25 23:14:32 EST 2007


On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 16:39 +0000, jsheets at yahoo.com wrote:
> No kidding!
> 
> My basement stayed toasty warm until I gave it away too!

If you pop the case you can fry eggs on the CPU. Those things are just
hot. 

The FLOPS/BTU was too low for practical use. My SGI gear is a better
ratio :)
> 
> --j
> 
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "James P. Kinney III" <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com>
> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:52:45 
> To:Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> Subject: Re: [ale] Debian HPPA Installation
> 
> MicroCenter has a dual-ended serial x-over cable for around $20. Both
> ends have db9 and db25. They also carry gender-changers. That's how I
> ran an HP <mumbles model # due to brain cell deletion> until I gave it
> away (it was a better space heater than a computer).
> 
> On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 15:52 -0500, Brian Pitts wrote:
> > I have an HP 9000/735 (http://www.openpa.net/systems/735_755.html). This 
> > system is supported by Debian's PA-RISC port thanks to 
> > http://parisc-linux.org. The box powers on, but I haven't played with it 
> > because I don't have a way to interact with it. The external connectors 
> > available are
> > 
> > # 50-pin HD SCSI-2 single-ended external
> > # 68-pin HD SCSI-3 Fast-Wide high-voltage differential HVD external 
> > (doesn't work with Linux according to 
> > http://www.pateam.org/parisc-linux-boot/PA-RISC-Linux-Boot-HOWTO.html#hardware)
> > # two standard RS232C serial
> > # DB25 parallel
> > # 10Base2 BNC Ethernet
> > # RGB BNC
> > # HP-HIL connector for input devices
> > 
> > I need to get a DB9 F-to-F null modem cable, can anyone recommend a 
> > cheap source? Once I have this and can access the firmware console, I 
> > still need ideas for how to install Debian.
> > 
> > -Brian
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