From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Corne Beerse Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] [RFC] PA-RISC/Linux Boot HOWTO update Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 10:43:47 +0200 Message-ID: <448934C3.9080900@gmail.com> References: <7d01f9f00606081618q15b2df7fyb00f2925ed0fa2c0@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed To: Thibaut VARENE , parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Return-Path: In-Reply-To: <7d01f9f00606081618q15b2df7fyb00f2925ed0fa2c0@mail.gmail.com> List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: parisc-linux-bounces@lists.parisc-linux.org Thibaut VARENE wrote: > Hi pa-ckers, > > I'm about to release an update to our Boot Howto, but before doing so > I'd like to get some review from the community, in order to make sure > I haven't missed the obvious or forgot about something important. > > The current howto can be fetched here: > http://www.pateam.org/archive/tmp/ > > There's both the PDF (for viewing, though the style will differ a bit > from other TLDP howtos as I didn't use exactly TLP's DTD) and XML for > people willing to send patches ;) > > I expect to release this sometime next week, so > feedback/comments/patches welcome! > That's a verry nice compilation. I'd like to add some pointers: The OpenPA Project, that has a very nice overview of old and not so old HP hardware: http://www.openpa.net/. I see it as suplemental to your chapter 1 on supported hardware: it just contains far more information. About serial cosoles (your chapter 2.2.2): Add a pointer to make the HP 9000/712 work on serial console: http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/hp700/serialconsole-712.html. Some additions to this document: it also includes a way to update the firmware over the network, without HP-UX and without a tape-device. Then there is http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/network/netboot/intro.hp700.html, the net-bsd document on network booting and diskless operating. I found valuable information there, however I see you have covered most (all) of it in your document. Once your document is finished, it would be nice if you inform http://www.openpa.net/ about it so they can set a pointer to your document. Regards CBee _______________________________________________ parisc-linux mailing list parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org http://lists.parisc-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/parisc-linux