This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------C7348040B7823DD93898930E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The most often asked question on this list is "Will my XXX machine run Linux?" I'm trying to come up with a dead-simple list of what does and does not run. The idea is that people will so easily be able to find the information that they won't ask on the mailing list. So, can people have a look over the attached HTML text, and fill in any blanks? I know I have incorrect and missing information, so please help. If you happen to have bootlogs kicking around, I'll collect those too. That'll help with integrating this all into the hardware database, although that's a larger and future project. Please mail the responses back to me <alex@linuxcare.com> and Martin Hicks <mhicks@linuxcare.com> so we can update the pages. Please don't flood this list with tiny updates. When we have another draft of this, we'll pass it by the mailing list again. - Alex -- Alex deVries, Principal Solutions Architect, The Puffins at Linuxcare 613.562.2759 tel alex@linuxcare.com, http://www.linuxcare.com/ Linuxcare, Support for the revolution. --------------C7348040B7823DD93898930E Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii; name="hardware.html" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="hardware.html" <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">Will my PA-RISC Machine Run Linux?
This is the most asked question on the parisc-linux mailing list, and you should look here first for information before asking questions.How do I figure out if my machine will run Linux?
Check out the following list and try and find your machine in it.If your machine isn't listed, then:
a) See if it exists in the Hardware Database, if it does not, mail the mailing list
b) Try booting it with Linux, and report back to the mailing list so we can update this data.32-Bit Machines
These all have 32-bit processors and 32-bit IO subsystems, and will only run a 32-bit Linux kernel.
First, here's a list of totally unsupported machines: E25, E45, E55, F10, G40, H20, H50, I70, T500, T600. All these machines contain proprietary busses, and there is no available documentation for us to get them running.
| Model | Name | Boots | Parallel | Network | SCSI | Serial | Keyboard |
| 705, 710 | Flounder and Bushmaster | ? | |||||
| 720, 730 | Cobra | Yes | Broken | Yes | |||
| 725/100 | Electra | ? | |||||
| 725/50 | Spectra | ? | |||||
| 712/60, 712/80, 712/80I, 712/100 | Gecko | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 715/33, 715/50, 715/75 | Old 715s, Scorpio | Yes[*] | Yes | ||||
| 715/64, 715/80, 715/100 | New 715s, Mirage | Yes | Yes | ? | |||
| A180, A180C | Staccato | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | |
| B180L | Merlin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| B132L | Merlin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| 735/125 | Outfield | Yes | |||||
| C100, C110 | Raven T' | ? | |||||
| D200, D220 | UL350 | ? | |||||
| D310, D330, D350, D370 | ? | ||||||
| J200, J210, J210XC | Skyhawk | ? | |||||
[*] Note that network booting on older machines is done through rbootd, not the usual bootp/tftp mechanism.
64-bit capable machines
Right now, run a 32-bit Linux kernel on these.
C160, C160L, C180, C180XP, Raven U
C200+, C240+, Raven+
D270, D280, D370, D380, D390, R380, R390 UL 550
K260, K360, K370
K380 Mohawk
K460, KittyHawk
J282
64-bit Only Machines
The following machines will not yet run Linux because they require a 64-bit Linux kernel that doesn't yet work. Patience!
A500
C3000, C3600 Allegro
J2240 SummitHawk
J5000 Forte
L1000-44, L2000-44 Rhapsody
N4000-36 Prelude, N4000-44
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