[parisc-linux] HP J5600

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 12:52:58PM +0100, Stefan Witzel wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I try to install parisc-linux on a J5600 workstation. When the
> welcome screen from Debian appears I press the enter key
> (german keyboard, USB) to continue but there is no reaction.
> 
> So I looked in the mailing list archives and found that there
> are/were some problems with J5600 workstations.
> 
> What is the current state? Are J5600 supported?

Yes, but USB wasn't in Debian 3.0.  Back in November, Grant replied to someone with a similar problem:

> I suspect the kernel in debian stable might just be too old.
> Can you try newer net-install images from ESIEE?
>         (ftp://ftp.parisc-linux.org/cd-images/testing/auto-isos/)
> 
> FWIW, at least three developers are *using* C3000 including myself.
> But I've never cold installed using the debian since I've had bits
> on this machine since well before any ISOs were available.
> Probably would be a good exercise....

No reply was received indicating whether or not this worked, so I'm
reluctant to add a FAQ entry for it.  Please let us know how you get on
with this.

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