From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 18:26:57 -0700 To: Gavin Hubbard Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] rp2430 questions Message-ID: <20021219012657.GJ17944@dsl2.external.hp.com> References: <20021219005118.LJTP14518.web4-rme.xtra.co.nz@[127.0.0.1]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20021219005118.LJTP14518.web4-rme.xtra.co.nz@[127.0.0.1]> From: grundler@dsl2.external.hp.com (Grant Grundler) 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: On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 01:51:18PM +1300, Gavin Hubbard wrote: > Hi > > I'm installing a dual-boot rp2430 system for one of our developers > this weekend. Are there any parisc-linux issues I need to be aware of > with regards to the crippled firmware e.g. known installation problems > or gotchas? Nope. You will want to upgrade the kernel ASAP though. Get the latest 2.4.19 kernel you can find. > Also, if we do a firmware upgrade to rp2470 in two or three months time > will it require a complete rebuild or reinstallation of the linux OE to > support the unlocked hardware? We don't have any rp2430's here to test such an upgrade. But I can't imagine any difference besides the additional (faster?) CPU (and more memory) getting recogized. Should your root disk get renamed, it's possible to recovery from that pretty easily - I've done it more than a few times. grant