>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... -------- Original-Nachricht -------- 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
