Re: Linux on Intel "Big Sur"

2007-12-11 Thread Robin Holt
On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 05:17:06PM +1100, Peter Chubb wrote: > > "Alexei" == Alexei Gerasimov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Alexei> I have faced a problem of getting an operating system for > Alexei> it. Namely, Linux. I have tried installing both Debian 3.0r6 > Alexei> Woody and Debian 4

Re: Linux on Intel "Big Sur"

2007-12-10 Thread Peter Chubb
> "Alexei" == Alexei Gerasimov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Alexei> I have faced a problem of getting an operating system for Alexei> it. Namely, Linux. I have tried installing both Debian 3.0r6 Alexei> Woody and Debian 4.0r1 Etch, however, the CD kernel doesn't Alexei> succeed to boot. Somewh

Re: Linux on Intel "Big Sur"

2007-12-10 Thread Bjorn Helgaas
On Monday 10 December 2007 03:03:42 pm Alexei Gerasimov wrote: > Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > > I've only used the HP i2000 version, and even that's been a long time, > > but my guess is that the firmware upgrade would be safe, and that the > > appropriate HP-UX version would probably run on it. > > >

Re: Linux on Intel "Big Sur"

2007-12-10 Thread Alexei Gerasimov
Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > I've only used the HP i2000 version, and even that's been a long time, > but my guess is that the firmware upgrade would be safe, and that the > appropriate HP-UX version would probably run on it. > I've discovered a small detail about updates: the firmware update seems to

Re: Linux on Intel "Big Sur"

2007-12-10 Thread Bjorn Helgaas
On Sunday 09 December 2007 10:59:15 am Alexei Gerasimov wrote: > I happen to posses an old "Big Sur" machine manufactured by Intel, based > around two Itanium (Merced) CPU's and a 460GX chipset. The machine is > labeled as an "enginnering sample" (label: > http://ishells.net/spy/itanium/DSC00873.jp

RE: Linux on Intel "Big Sur"

2007-12-10 Thread Luck, Tony
> I happen to posses an old "Big Sur" machine manufactured by Intel, based > around two Itanium (Merced) CPU's and a 460GX chipset. The machine is > labeled as an "enginnering sample" (label: > http://ishells.net/spy/itanium/DSC00873.jpg), and looks identical to the > HP i2000 workstation (picture: