[parisc-linux] Installing on C3600

[Joel Soete]

Hi Alex,

Alex Green wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> I have an a problem running the latest netinstall iso on my C3600, when 
> I boot from the CD with the 32bit kernel, I get some screen corruption 
> and then the first installer screen appears but I have no keyboard 
> response.  And if I boot from the 64bit kernel I, the installer starts 
> on the serial interface, however when I attach a serial console the 
> screen doesn't output correctly.

If it is a hp terminal, you can change the emulation. It depends of the 
terminal type but you can have a look in your user guide or test (but I 
think that would request severall reboot) the emulation nearest vt100 IIRC.

Once you have found the right emulation, try first the more stable 
32-bits kernel (IIRC if you unplug ps/2 or usb mouse and keyboard, the 
kernel will switch to serial console on port 1).

> The C3600 installed with a FXE5 and 
> 512Mb RAM, the SCSI disk that will be used is on the internal interface.
>  

Dono if it is already supported (have a look a 
http://hwdb.parisc-linux.org/: I see that some one has already reach to 
install parisc-linux successfully)

Good luck,
     Joel