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Trying to install Linux on rp5450

Myron Overton — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:33:37 GMT

I have tried the latest gentoo and debian without much luck. I have read all the docs at those sites. Looks like it might work.
Does anyone have it working?

Re: Trying to install Linux on rp5450

Ragu_3 — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:21:51 GMT

The Debian stock installer does not detect many new hardware. Instead install Sidux or Ubuntu server, the Sidux ISO image is in fact a squashfs LiveCD with more elaborate support for the newer line of hardware.

http://sidux.com/

Re: Trying to install Linux on rp5450

Denver Osborn — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:01:41 GMT

The rp5450 is a PA-RISC box... you'll need a linux distro that would run on the PA-RISC platform.

Are you attempting to install a rev that supportt PA-RISC?

-denver

Re: Trying to install Linux on rp5450

Myron Overton — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:08:35 GMT

Sorry, By 'not much success' I mean gentoo loads the 64bit kernel runs through the initrd and some rc scripts. Then it hangs at the prompt.

Re: Trying to install Linux on rp5450

Myron Overton — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:52:17 GMT

Managed to perform a debian net install.
Thanks all,
Myron

Re: Trying to install Linux on rp5450

Myron Overton — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:48:05 GMT

Thanks

Re: Trying to install Linux on rp5450

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:09:30 GMT

Shalom,

That is a PA-RISC system. It doesn't support most normal forms of Linux.

Only a distro ported to PA-RISC has any chance of working.

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