[rescue] HP9000/715

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Maybe I'll try the 8mm DAT I have instead. It's discouraging to listen
to the 1/4" drive take over an hour to make a bootable tape that isn't.
:(

Steve


Mike Nicewonger wrote:
> 
> If you can figure out how to use ingnite that might be the thing. Otherwise you
> will need the media for 700 series machines.
> 
> Mike N
> 
> On Thu, 11 Oct 2001, you wrote:
> > Maybe I'm spoiled by using SPARCs, but I'm having a terrible time with
> > an HP9000 box. All I want to do is put the OS on a quiet 2Gb drive, as
> > opposed to the noisy 1Gb drive it's on now.
> >
> > I have software, but it's for a 8xx series and only pretends to install.
> > Ignite HP sounds good, but I have yet to be able to boot from one of its
> > "bootable tapes." (Have an old Archive Viper 1/4" cart drive in the
> > box.)
> >
> > I don't quite know enough about dd to copy data that way, and I don't
> > know enough about HP's LVM stuff to just copy everything from one drive
> > to the other with a cp command or something. (I can get both SCSI drives
> > in the box at once.)
> >
> > I was even ready to chuck HP-UX all together and run Debian Linux, but
> > the "woody" (chuckle) release that supports HP hardware isn't ready yet.
> > The PA Linux bootable CD that I downloaded and burned is only partially
> > bootable. It's recognized, gets through 6 or so lines showing things
> > load, then dies.
> >
> > Anyone have suggestions? Aside from giving you the hardware. ;)
> >
> > Steve
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