[rescue] bootable cd drive on HP 712 wkstn

[Mike Nicewonger]

on 4/28/02 1:07 PM, Todd C. Miller at Todd.Miller at courtesan.com wrote:

> In message <200204272254.g3RMsM309827 at ra.lexis-nexis.com>
> so spake Larry Snyder (larrys):
> 
>> I just snagged a real cheap 712.  I have HockeyPUX 11.0 (it's supported,
>> 11i isn't) installation media.  It doesn't seem to want to boot using
>> a Sun drive.  Anyone know what the peculiarities are with this critter?
>> 512B blocks or whatever?
> 
> Your best bet is A toshiba 512-byte block drive.  That's what HP
> ships.  A Plextor may also work but I've never tried one to boot
> an HP.

Plextor drives do indeed work. I have loaded both HP-UX and NeXT Step on a
712 viz a 12 plex drive.

I use a plextor 40x as my bench drive and it JustWorks[tm]

Mike N