HP9000 G70 & G45

[Macho_2]

Is it possible to install HPUX 11.00 or HPUX 11i to these servers in terms of hardware spec?

Spec 1 :-
*Hardware model - G70 (hp9000/887)
CPU : PA-RISC 96MHz×2
Memory : 256MB
HDD : 20GB

Spec 2:-
Hardware model - E45 (hp9000/826)
CPU : PA-RISC 80MHz
Memory : 64MB
HDD : 20GB

Spec 3:-
Hardware model - G70 (hp9000/887)
CPU : PA-RISC 96MHz×2
Memory : 256MB
HDD : 20GB

[freddy_21 · Accepted solution]

For G class and E class :
1.Support HPUX 11.00 32 Bit not 64 bit.

2. Not support HPUX 11i because for HPUX11i only 64 Bit

if you want install HPUX 11.00 ( 32bit) it's possible.

[Torsten.]

Old boxes!

At least HP-UX 11.00 will run on them, but HP-UX 11.11 probably won't.

They are mentioned as *unsupported* for 11.11

http://docs.hp.com/en/5991-2805/ch02s04.html

But supported for 11.00

http://docs.hp.com/en/5990-6721/ch01s08.html#bgedfjhb

Anyway, you will get tired while watching them work.

[Macho_2]

Thank you very much for all your information.
The information is very usefull for me.

[Patrick Wallek]

Actually, 11.11 is NOT purely 64-bit. I have 11.11 running on a pair of E35's. It doesn't run fast, but it runs and accomplishes what I want to accomplish.

So, yes 11.11 should run (though NOT "OFFICIALLY" supported) on the G series of machines.

Just make sure that you turn OFF as much stuff as possible. Go through ALL your config files in /etc/rc.config.d and set as much as possible to '0' so the services, process, daemons, don't start automatically. You need as much help as possible with 256MB of RAM.

I don't think I'd attempt it on only 64 MB of RAM though.

[Jeff_Traigle]

I can confirm that 11.11 does indeed run on G70s. We have 3 of them running as FTP servers. Even have a couple of E25s running 11.11 working as web servers. It's painfully slow to patch them, but they run.

[Macho_2]

Thank you very much for all your comments.