From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailserv2.iuinc.com (IDENT:qmailr@mailserv2.iuinc.com [206.245.164.55]) by puffin.external.hp.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id MAA11514 for ; Fri, 3 Mar 2000 12:43:42 -0700 Sender: "Matthew Earley" Message-ID: <38C007C1.5E179C4B@americasm01.nt.com> Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2000 13:43:13 -0500 From: "Matthew Earley" MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Rajiv Dighe" CC: parisc-linux Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Trouble booting 712/80 References: <00e601bf8531$3d7f7c40$4c50fb8d@corpnorth.baynetworks.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii List-ID: "Dighe, Rajiv (R.) [EXCHANGE:CANOI:IO47]" wrote: > HP newbie here. I just acquired a 712/80 with 96mb ram & 1gb hdd. I am > looking forward to helping with linux port effort as soon as I can get HP/UX > 10.20 installed on this darn machine. so far it refuses t o boot from > cd-rom. cd-rom is seen as a result of search command issued at boot-admin > prompt but 'boot scsi.5' just returns me back to boot_admin promt after > about 5 seconds. boot rom version is 1.6. All I know is that this machine > was set for netbooting. any ideas? Is the CD-ROM drive external? If so, try connecting another device between the CD-ROM and the scsi port. I remember something squirelly about the 712 and the external scsi. Matt