[parisc-linux] Re: HP9000/710

[parisc-linux] Re: HP9000/710

[dlorin]

Yes, it seems to me it's a Vvv..WKP (a very very very well known problem), and the precedent answer was judicious: Skip over the keyboard's configuration during the installation.
(In fact, the Debian's Installer (see 'dbootstrap') doesn't hang completely, if you're trying to fix the keymap at this stage. But the keys get random defined)
As soon as Woody is installed on your hard drive and after the first reboot, you can configure your keyboard, running:
'kbdconfig' as root. Good Luck.
(nota: there is a lot of mails about it, in the mail-list of debian-hppa)

[parisc-linux] Re: HP9000/710

[dlorin]

Yes, it seems to me it's a Vvv..WKP (a very very very well known problem), and the precedent answer was judicious: Skip over the keyboard's configuration during the installation.
(In fact, the Debian's Installer (see 'dbootstrap') doesn't hang completely, if you're trying to fix the keymap at this stage. But the keys get random defined)
As soon as Woody is installed on your hard drive and after the first reboot, you can configure your keyboard, running:
'kbdconfig' as root. Good Luck.
(nota: there is a lot of mails about it, in the mail-list of debian-hppa)

[parisc-linux] Re: HP9000/710

[ste]

On Wednesday 03 July 2002 20:37, dlorin@univ-rennes1.fr wrote:
> zI9@murphy>

>
> Yes, it seems to me it's a Vvv..WKP (a very very very well known problem),
> and the precedent answer was judicious: Skip over the keyboard's
> configuration during the installation. (In fact, the Debian's Installer
> (see 'dbootstrap') doesn't hang completely, if you're trying to fix the
> keymap at this stage. But the keys get random defined) As soon as Woody is
> installed on your hard drive and after the first reboot, you can configure
> your keyboard, running: 'kbdconfig' as root. Good Luck.
> (nota: there is a lot of mails about it, in the mail-list of debian-hppa)

YES I got it. I finally installed the Debian GNU/Linux on my own HP WS (I was 
an HP High-Availability Engineer, but I had always worked on HP9000 Servers 
and I never tried to install Linux on my HP9000/710 the last few days!). I am 
too excited!!! well the base system is well installed now, tonight I am going 
to proceed with the other useful pkgs.
Thanx guyz
Ste

[parisc-linux] Re: HP9000/710

[ste]

On Wednesday 03 July 2002 20:37, dlorin@univ-rennes1.fr wrote:
> zI9@murphy>

>
> Yes, it seems to me it's a Vvv..WKP (a very very very well known problem),
> and the precedent answer was judicious: Skip over the keyboard's
> configuration during the installation. (In fact, the Debian's Installer
> (see 'dbootstrap') doesn't hang completely, if you're trying to fix the
> keymap at this stage. But the keys get random defined) As soon as Woody is
> installed on your hard drive and after the first reboot, you can configure
> your keyboard, running: 'kbdconfig' as root. Good Luck.
> (nota: there is a lot of mails about it, in the mail-list of debian-hppa)

YES I got it. I finally installed the Debian GNU/Linux on my own HP WS (I was 
an HP High-Availability Engineer, but I had always worked on HP9000 Servers 
and I never tried to install Linux on my HP9000/710 the last few days!). I am 
too excited!!! well the base system is well installed now, tonight I am going 
to proceed with the other useful pkgs.
Thanx guyz
Ste

[parisc-linux] Re: HP9000/710

[Hilko Bengen]

ste <stemelchior@inwind.it> writes:

> YES I got it. I finally installed the Debian GNU/Linux on my own HP
> WS (I was an HP High-Availability Engineer, but I had always worked
> on HP9000 Servers and I never tried to install Linux on my
> HP9000/710 the last few days!). I am too excited!!! well the base
> system is well installed now, tonight I am going to proceed with the
> other useful pkgs. 

I went to the Linux Porters' booth at LinuxTag 2002 in Karlsruhe with
a 710, but we were not able to install the system. The installer
booted fine, but it hung when it tried to access the hard drive.

-Hilko

[parisc-linux] Re: HP9000/710

[Hilko Bengen]

ste <stemelchior@inwind.it> writes:

> YES I got it. I finally installed the Debian GNU/Linux on my own HP
> WS (I was an HP High-Availability Engineer, but I had always worked
> on HP9000 Servers and I never tried to install Linux on my
> HP9000/710 the last few days!). I am too excited!!! well the base
> system is well installed now, tonight I am going to proceed with the
> other useful pkgs. 

I went to the Linux Porters' booth at LinuxTag 2002 in Karlsruhe with
a 710, but we were not able to install the system. The installer
booted fine, but it hung when it tried to access the hard drive.

-Hilko

[parisc-linux] Re: HP9000/710

[ste]

Well, the first error I made (why didn't I read the manual, always RTFM, i.e. 
ReadThatF**ingManual) was that I didn't partitioned the HDD in the right 
ways: so I did the second time I tried to install the Workstation. Imean you 
must divide the HDD in at least 3 partition (for istance, /dev/sda1 for 
primary where to put OS, /dev/sda5 swap and finally /dev/sda2 where you MUST 
set the type to "F0", the PALO's dedicated partition).
When I reboot the system after the first try I red on the monitor: "Hard 
booted" and it hanged. When I correctly partitioned the HDD, install the base 
and rebooted the system, it finally booted up and everything went well!
Did you do the correct steps to partition the HDD, set the partition types 
and so on?
Then did you skip the keyboard configuration during the base installation, as 
mentioned in the previous mals on this ML?
Ste

> I went to the Linux Porters' booth at LinuxTag 2002 in Karlsruhe with
> a 710, but we were not able to install the system. The installer
> booted fine, but it hung when it tried to access the hard drive.
>
> -Hilko

[parisc-linux] Re: HP9000/710

[ste]

Well, the first error I made (why didn't I read the manual, always RTFM, i.e. 
ReadThatF**ingManual) was that I didn't partitioned the HDD in the right 
ways: so I did the second time I tried to install the Workstation. Imean you 
must divide the HDD in at least 3 partition (for istance, /dev/sda1 for 
primary where to put OS, /dev/sda5 swap and finally /dev/sda2 where you MUST 
set the type to "F0", the PALO's dedicated partition).
When I reboot the system after the first try I red on the monitor: "Hard 
booted" and it hanged. When I correctly partitioned the HDD, install the base 
and rebooted the system, it finally booted up and everything went well!
Did you do the correct steps to partition the HDD, set the partition types 
and so on?
Then did you skip the keyboard configuration during the base installation, as 
mentioned in the previous mals on this ML?
Ste

> I went to the Linux Porters' booth at LinuxTag 2002 in Karlsruhe with
> a 710, but we were not able to install the system. The installer
> booted fine, but it hung when it tried to access the hard drive.
>
> -Hilko