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 TAA00434 for ; Wed, 9 Aug 2000 19:57:31 -0600 Message-Id: <200008091852.LAA04581@milano.cup.hp.com> To: schaecsn Cc: parisc-linux@thepuffingroup.com Subject: Re: PA/Linux CD Image In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 09 Aug 2000 17:45:27 PDT." <39917C97.4DC81F31@gmx.de> Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 11:52:02 -0700 From: Grant Grundler List-ID: schaecsn wrote: > Hello, > > I am interested in trying out the PA Linux cdrom. Before I put much > effort into installing it on my 735 i have a few questions. The CD targets the 712/715/A180/B180 -like machines. Check the HWDB to see what devices in the 735 are supported. > my understanding of the current state of the port is that the kernel > boots and some user applications run at ... at least a few seconds. > right? Yes. I was even able to dd from one disk to another w/o crashing. :^) > how "complete" is the cdrom image, e.g. does there exist a /etc > directory with some rc.d files and similiar essential things? Yes. It gets to a login prompt and is multitasking. I believe the CD-image at: ftp://puffin.external.hp.com/pub/parisc/cd-images/palinux-0.1-noftp.raw.gz is basically the same bits as in: ftp://puffin.external.hp.com/pub/parisc/binaries/nfsroot/nfsroot-20000804.tgz I've placed the "tar tzvf" output of nfsroot-20000804 in .../nfsroot-20000804.contents. BTW, kudos to Paul Bame and Matt Taggart for putting these images together. (I'm not ignoring previous and other contributors - just want to give credit for this particular one) > if i put > some effort into installing it then I'll like to use it as a basis for > further updates, e.g. when there will be eventually a stable kernel I > want to install it over this distribution. I think the goal is to completely clobber this once shared libs are useable...the image sizes will be much smaller then too. It's pretty easy to install....took me < 30 minutes, including writing up feedback on the alpha version of the README.INSTALL. Read the "WARNINGS" several times and heed them. If you don't know what you are doing, parisc-linux isn't ready for you yet. You are welcome to learn by trying but don't be to surprised by the results... > I'll have to install probably > some further programs, too. Will this be possible with a "reasonable" > effort? Networking userspace wasn't clearly working last I tried. You can xenv build the apps and then mount the parisc-linux disk on a x86-linux. Not sure that fits your definition of "reasonable" but it's do-able. > aehm, i have a 200MB SCSI disk. That is enough, isn't it? I think so: grundler <514>du -s lwe.nfsroot/ 102924 lwe.nfsroot I transferred that to a disk which has 10MB boot and 64MB swap partitions. So 200MB should work (for now :^)). FWIW, I have debian linux installed on my OB600 which only has a 340MB disk. basic install (ie had networking and some core X11 bits installed) left me with ~150MB or so free. But for it to be useful to me, I had to install tools/source/etc and now am down to ~20MB free. But given that HP is scrapping older 525MB and 1GB SE SCSI disks, I think you should be able to find something bigger for < $20 on e-bay or at your favorite computer recycling center. grant Grant Grundler Unix Systems Enablement Lab +1.408.447.7253