From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from hauptpostamt.charite.de (hauptpostamt.charite.de [193.175.66.220]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 037EC482A for ; Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:29:04 -0700 (MST) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 07:28:59 +0100 From: Ralf Hildebrandt To: no one Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Newbie found an hp 712-80 :) Message-ID: <20021113062859.GD25768@charite.de> References: <20021112221141.2d2792f0.neverbefound@subdimension.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20021112221141.2d2792f0.neverbefound@subdimension.com> Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 10:11:41PM +0000, no one wrote: > Yesterday I realised that the cute little box sitting by the bin for > 3 weeks was actually a computer - a hp 712-80 to be precise; and I am Yes, that happened here as well. The HP-UX on the box was toast. > It came with no floppy, no harddrive, and no memory - I've bought a > el-cheapo 2nd hand generic 2Gb SCSI drive; and now need to squeeze > linux onto it :) You still need memory :) > As soon as I find myself some simms, I'll be able to get past the > pretty hardware-failure screen (look! it even draws where the > failing/missing part is on the motherboard!) and have the following > installation method planned out. I like that. > 1) Setup dhcpd on my slackware box to serve the 'lifimage' for the latest net-boot iso > 2) Lan-Boot the 712 with a crossover-cable into the main computer, via dhpcd > (don't want to confuse true lan dhpcd requests...) > 3) This lifimage will load a kernel and a initrd with the standard debian install tools. > 4) I could now 'ifconfig eth0 down', plug the hp into the actual lan, bring the net connection back up (dhcp or static lan config...) > 5) Do a install from my closest debian mirror. Yup. > I'm sure there must be a fatal flaw in there somewhere... after > reading through all those fearful references to NFS-roots et al., it > seems so simple now that I've written it down :) > > Also, I read somewhere that you can flash the latest firmware to the > machine by serving it the firmware as a net-boot image - is this > correct? Yes. Simply make the HP boot the firmware upgrade via tftp. > Would it be safer by some other method? - for instance (no > idea of actual possibility), copy the firmware to /boot & get AILO > (sic?) to boot it... On HP it's PALO. -- Ralf Hildebrandt (Im Auftrag des Referat V a) Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de Charite Campus Mitte Tel. +49 (0)30-450 570-155 Referat V a - Kommunikationsnetze - Fax. +49 (0)30-450 570-916 The length of the signature is inversely proportional to the user's ability to use google.