Re: debian-hppa on a C8000

>For example I can imaginge that you manually need to upgrade the
palo boot code on the hard disc boot sector before reboot

is there a manual or procedure how to do? I can install debian but after upgrade it doesn't boot anymore...

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An 12. März 2019, 15:01, Helge Deller schrieb:

> Hi Lothar,
>
> On [12.03.19 14](tel:12031914):31, Lothar Paltins wrote:
>> the "native" OS of the old HP workstations is HP-UX, but just out of
>> curiosity I've tried to install Linux on one of my C[8000](tel:8000). Installing
>> using a CD with debian-8.0-hppa-CD-1.iso as described in the Linux
>> PARISC Wiki succeeded without problems, but I couldn't install any
>> updates. During the installation, the installer asks for the radeon
>> firmware R[300](tel:300)_cp.bin, but I continued the installation without it.
>
> Correct, PA-Linux currently doesn't support the Radeon cards in the C[8000](tel:8000).
>
>> Installing /lib/firmware/radeon/R[300](tel:300)_cp.bin afterwards breaks the
>> system, it crashes during booting.
>
> It shouldn't crash with a recent kernel. Can you post the crash dump?
>
>> This is also the case after an "apt-get update;apt-get upgrade".
> Latest debian-unstable packages do work on the c[8000](tel:8000).
> Some of the debian buildd servers are c[8000](tel:8000) machines running latest
> debian unstable packages.
> So, can you maybe also give some more info what happens when you
> upgrade?
> For example I can imaginge that you manually need to upgrade the
> palo boot code on the hard disc boot sector before reboot.
>
>> I've then tried to install debian-9.0-Stretch-hppa-NETINST-1.iso and
>> debian-[10.0](tel:100)-hppa-NETINST-1.iso, but here the installer crashes
>> already shortly after entering the locale information.
> Yes, that's known and is being worked on. That's not c[8000](tel:8000) specific.
>
>> Did anybody succeed in installing a more recent version than debian-8.0?
>
> I do (with upgrades from debian-8).
>
> Helge