From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from hiscom.nl (unknown [130.78.143.1]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88B7C482A for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 08:02:41 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <02Sep25.161413cest.119074@ns.hiscom.nl> From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Beerse=2C_Corn=E9=22?= To: "'Stephen J de Vries'" , parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Subject: RE: [parisc-linux] hardware newbie question... Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 16:02:31 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C2649C.30D8B720" 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: This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2649C.30D8B720 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen J de Vries [mailto:paulhill20@juno.com] > I have a HP 712 that I'd purchased recently. > > > Can I use a PC monitor, keyboard, and mouse to boot the thing > up? If so, > does the monitor have to be a multisync or something special? I've had a 712 (running HP-UX 10.20) with a multisync monitor (compaq, before the merger) running verry well. As I recal, the monitor should do a sync-on-green. If you don't get a proper picture and have a monitor-cable connection with bnc connectors, try putting the cable-sync on the monitor-green. This should give a sharp (bad collored) picture. For the mouse, the HP mouse that came with the device looks verry much like a logitech mouse with a black logitech icon. 2 exceptions: the labels differ and the logitech has a shorter cable. The same logitech with a colored icon on top does not work. The mouse must be a native ps/2 mouse, not one that can do serial-mousing too. For the keyboard: try and see what you get. No experiences with alternates here. As with the mouse, the keyboard must be native ps/2 since it does not get any initialize command. An easy test here is that if the bootloader finds a keyboard, it wil use that keyboard and the video-card for bootconsole. If the keyboard is not found, the serial-port (9600-8-N) is used for console. > > In addition, HP-UX is on the hard drive but is locked down. I was > thinking of buying an external CD drive and attempting to load debian > 0.93. Can anyone recommend a place to buy the CD drive that they have Any scsi cd-rom that can do a 2K blocksize will do for booting. After boot, there is no difference. HP-s are relabeled Toshiba's. > dealt with? I also have a network so I could attempt a > network install > but I am not sure what minimum requirements I'd need to > fulfill for that. > Is my approach the right one? It's one right one, out of manny... CBee ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2649C.30D8B720 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: [parisc-linux] hardware newbie question...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen J de Vries [mailto:paulhill20@juno.com]
> I have a HP 712 that I'd purchased = recently.
>
>
> Can I use a PC monitor, keyboard, and mouse to = boot the thing
> up?  If so,
> does the monitor have to be a multisync or = something special?

I've had a 712 (running HP-UX 10.20) with a multisync = monitor (compaq, before the merger) running verry well.

As I recal, the monitor should do a sync-on-green. If = you don't get a proper picture and have a monitor-cable connection with = bnc connectors, try putting the cable-sync on the monitor-green. This = should give a sharp (bad collored) picture.

For the mouse, the HP mouse that came with the device = looks verry much like a logitech mouse with a black logitech icon. 2 = exceptions: the labels differ and the logitech has a shorter cable. The = same logitech with a colored icon on top does not work. The mouse must = be a native ps/2 mouse, not one that can do serial-mousing = too.

For the keyboard: try and see what you get. No = experiences with alternates here. As with the mouse, the keyboard must = be native ps/2 since it does not get any initialize command. An easy = test here is that if the bootloader finds a keyboard, it wil use that = keyboard and the video-card for bootconsole. If the keyboard is not = found, the serial-port (9600-8-N) is used for console.

>
> In addition, HP-UX is on the hard drive but is = locked down.  I was
> thinking of buying an external CD drive and = attempting to load debian
> 0.93.  Can anyone recommend a place to buy = the CD drive that they have

Any scsi cd-rom that can do a 2K blocksize will do = for booting. After boot, there is no difference. HP-s are relabeled = Toshiba's.

> dealt with?  I also have a network so I = could attempt a
> network install
> but I am not sure what minimum requirements I'd = need to
> fulfill for that.
>  Is my approach the right one?

It's one right one, out of manny...


CBee

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