Re: Trying to figure out whether a model is supported/maybe sometime/never

Making, drinking tea and reading an opus magnum from JY.Torres:
> Rod
> 
> It should work (I am not sure at 100%) but there is not so
> much difference between and D250 and a D230. I give you a
> configuration guide DXXX from November 2001.

it's even listed as supported. how hard is it to read?

> Well, if you want to explore this world, the best is to
> find an HP9000/800 D390/D380 or may be D370, (avoid all K
> series due to the fact there need to be fed w/ so current
> !) you will be allowed to put 5 hard disks, find hard disk
> w/ at least a capacity of 9 Gb. I would recommend you to
> add some memory, in my humble opinion, 256 MB is required
> to launch open-Bsd.  For example : LVM on HPUX needs at
> least 512 MB of memory

that is just rediculous. as little as 16M should be enough.
of course 32-64 is better.
as for the disk space -- the installation notes say about
100M for the base so technically it should all fit into 500M
easy.

> Also, you can install the Debian 3.1. PA-RISC Linux
> supports all HP PA-RISC workstations. Not everything is
> perfectly functional - but nearly all of it work

this is not what question is about.

what is wrong w/ you?

cu

> --- Rod Whitworth <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > I know very little about the hp9000 and friends. They ran
> > hpUX and they are physically large for the resources 
> > inside. That's about it.
> > 
> > I have looked at hppa and hp300 pages and I don't know
> > where I should see the model that a friend has in his 
> > office.
> > He is trying to find a suitable boat on which to use it
> > as an anchor and I thought thet it might just run
> > OpenBSD.
> > 
> > It does have hp9000 on the front but his description was
> > that it is:
> > D230
> > PA7200LC
> > 128 RAM
> > 4G DAT
> > 2X 4GB HDD
> > 100 BaseT card
> > 
> > Delivered May 97
> > (was $43K AUD)
> > 
> > Does that mean anything to categorize it?
> > 
> > Just looking at it I could easily imagine that it could
> > exceed 25kg but it isn't where I coulld easily pick it up
> > to 
> > check.
> > 
> > Should I get it or forget it? (I am a hardware guy so
> > collectables tend to cluster around and I have nothing
> > like this)
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Rod.
> > PS I didn't figure it was worth bothering the list with a
> > subscription for what may be a one-off so please CC me.
> > 
> > 
> 
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