[ale] linux on pa-risc other then debian

[Geoffrey]

Okay, so this box has hpux installed on it.  No floppy, no cd, how do I 
get it to recognize the fact that I want to install a new os, via 
network?  Can I initiate it from the booted hpux?

Mike Panetta wrote:
> Thats exactly how I got debian up and running on my VME system (68060
> based).  Except instead of a CD Image, I did a net install.  Debian
> is the only Linux Distro (that I am aware of) that supports strange
> hardware like a VME BUS based computer.
> 
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> -------Original Message------- From: "James P. Kinney III"
> <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com> Sent: 03/06/03 03:00 PM To: "Atlanta
> Linux User Group (E-mail)" <ale at ale.org> Subject: Re: [ale] linux on
> pa-risc other then debian
> 
> 
>> Net boot! and install the whole shebang from a tftp bootup and then
>> an
> 
> nfs-mounted cdimage.
> 
> On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 14:48, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
>> Hmmm, something to play with.  So, this thing does not have a
>> floppy or a cdrom drive, what are my options?  Anyone???
>> 
>> James P. Kinney III wrote:
>> 
>>> At the moment, there is not another. HP backed the initial
>>> porting process so they would not touch any "commercial" distro.
>>> 
>>> The last time I was tinkering with it, it was pretty good. The
>>> install was the usual debian nightmare, but the apt-get upgrading
>>> made it (almost) worth he pain :)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 13:06, Geoffrey wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Anyone know if there's another distribution that has been
>>>> ported to hp
> 
> 
>>>> pa-risc other than debian??

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