[parisc-linux] Re: [Linux-ia64] Installation.

[Gururaj Ananthateerta]

My apologies, I realised that I have posted my question on ia-64 list, but it
was too late.

Thanks for the comphrensive description.
I have one more question.
I have an external SCSI CDROM. I guess I am not able to boot through this.
Do you think this should be a problem.

Thanks
Guru


Richard Hirst wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 05:35:48PM -0700, Gururaj Ananthateerta wrote:
> > I have a B180L system, I want to install linux on it. I visited
> > parisc-linux
> > site. I am confused which ISO image to pick. There are couple of them
> > like *serial  and *sti.
> > Please anyone explain me which one to pick and wht they mean.
>
> You posted to the ia64 list, not the parisc one, but anyway...
>
> *serial refers to an ISO for use with a serial console, where you would
> install and manage the system via a serial cable link to some other system
> (e.g. minicom running on a Linux PC).
>
> *sti refers to Standard Text Interface, which means using the keyboard
> and monitor interface to the system.
>
> The '32' and '64' in the ISO names refers to 32 and 64 bit CPUs; yours
> is 32 bit.
>
> Assuming your system is currently configured for sti console, you
> should be able to force it to use serial console simply by unpluging
> the keyboard and cycling power.
>
> When we released the 0.9 ISO we had seperate ISOs for serial and sti
> installs on 32 bit machines and a further serial ISO for 64 bit machines.
> This is referred to as 0.9.0 now.
>
> Next we released a 0.9.1 ISO, but you should ignore that, as it had
> various problems.
>
> The latest release is a 0.9.2 ISO, where we have a single ISO that
> works for serial and sti installs on 32 bit machines and for serial
> installs on 64 bit machines.
>
> We have two versions of 0.9.2, "Network Install ISO", which is a CD
> you can install from, but which has just the base packages on it.  Once
> you've installed, you'll need to grab other packages from the network.
> 0.9.2 "CD Install ISO" is the same, but includes various other packages
> that we considered useful.  Even if you install this CD you'll
> probably want to upgrade from the network anyway.
>
> Now, none of these are perfect.  If you are using a serial console
> then either should work fine for you, and you should use the 0.9.2
> one as it is more up-to-date.
>
> If you are using an sti console, then I think the 0.9 ISO will work,
> although screen redrawing is poor in the installer.  If you use the
> 0.9.2 ISO with an sti console, you might find that your keyboard is
> dead and you are unable to complete the install.  Unplugging and
> replugging the keyboard (while the installer is running) may help,
> as might trying some other model of keyboard.
>
> The good news is that the keyboard lockup problems are probably
> solved, although the code isn't quite ready for committing.  I guess
> we will release a new ISO with 2.4.7 kernel and working keyboard sometime
> soon, although I am about to go on holiday for two weeks so it probably
> wont happen until I'm back.
>
> Finally, I see you are inside HP; I don't know whether the internal
> mirrors have 0.9.2 or not, but they are available on
> <http://www.parisc-linux.org/release-0.9/index.html>
>
> Richard