Stephen Day wrote: > PDC does not seem to count. That's wrong.
> It possible the linux word and HP disagree on what is and isn't > a primary loader. I've worked on 5 arches and the initial boot loader is always considered the firmware. Has nothing to with linux. > It's not. On a hpux system isl and hpux are totally different programs. > Both of which happen to exist in the lif area at the start of your disk. sorry - my bad - it's been over 2 years since I've worked on HPUX. Can you post "lifls -v" output? (tia) > From my point of view it's a shame linux breaks this system by replacing the > IPL and not adding another hpux loader replacement. It was simpler to just replace ISL. Of course, if you want to write one... grant