[parisc-linux] Boot from tape

[parisc-linux] Boot from tape

[Marek GROSSMAN]

Hello.

Can I boot Linux on the E55 server from a tape?
How can I make the tape.

Thanks
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Mareg

Re: [parisc-linux] Boot from tape

[Christoph Plattner]

How can you run Linux ?
I thought, HP E55 (9000/856) is not full supported, as
the SCSI driver and the serial multiplexer (8-port serial,
where my console is configured to port 0) is not supported
(no driver !).
Or is there any, and I don't know it ??

If there is no driver, which console do you use ?

Do you really speak about the PA-RISC version of the E55
(modell 9000/856) or the new intel-PC server ?

Please remail !

With friendly regards

	Christoph

PS: I would like to use my E55 server under Linux ....

Marek GROSSMAN wrote:
> 
> Hello.
> 
> Can I boot Linux on the E55 server from a tape?
> How can I make the tape.
> 
> Thanks
> --
> Mareg
> 
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Re: [parisc-linux] Boot from tape

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 05:29:38PM +0100, Christoph Plattner wrote:
> How can you run Linux ?
> I thought, HP E55 (9000/856) is not full supported, as
> the SCSI driver and the serial multiplexer (8-port serial,
> where my console is configured to port 0) is not supported
> (no driver !).
> Or is there any, and I don't know it ??

If someone wants to put some effort into it... (hint: i don't)

the PDC spec (available from www.parisc-linux.org/documentation.html)
includes calls to perform block io.  there's no practical reason
someone couldn't write drivers/block/pdc.c which performed IO through
this mechanism.  performance would suck, but at least it would work.

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