HP/DEC/Compaq

I'm pritty sure the fx2 is not supported in Linux. I might still be intrested (if I re-install HP-UX and do a dual boot, using another drive, but that would require getting another SCSI-3 drive...and I kinda wanna save up my computing budget for an Octane2 v8 or v12) I did look at the site you mentioned for freeware, and your right, there is some out there, and I could get most gnu stuff working with a bit of effort, but there just isn't as much out there as there is for Linux or Irix in both freeware and commericial software. I used 11i, perhaps I screwed up somewhere in the installation, but package management seamed eternally borken for one reason or another. I often ended up unpacking the .depot files by hand or with shellscripts I made.

http://openpa.net/ is an excellent site on HP PA-RISC machines based off the documentation they released for the PA-RISC linux port.

Its not just you, the HPUX package management is a kludge, I recommend you stay far, far away from it. It is able to break many things ;]. 11i (which i dont run atm) is apparently quite compatable with linux src, so build gcc and start compiling away.

I've run HPUX for a few years now, initially 10, now I run 11. Buggy it is not. Its just as stable as my IRIX systems.

Sorry, friends, but I just installed the B2000 (no tuning at all) at a first glance I have to say that mozilla is WAY more usable than on the R12K/300 1GB even if the machine only has 512MB
Mozilla on that is about like Firefox on the octane...


Marco/Sat

That's the installed stuff:

# ioscan
H/W Path Class Description
====================================================
bc
10 ioa System Bus Adapter (582)
10/0 ba Local PCI Bus Adapter (782)
10/0/12/0 lan HP PCI 10/100Base-TX Core
10/0/13/0 audio Built-in Audio
10/0/14/0 ext_bus IDE
10/0/14/0.0 target
10/0/14/0.0.0 disk MITSUMI CD-ROM FX4830T!B
10/0/14/0.7 target
10/0/14/0.7.0 ctl Initiator
10/0/14/1 ba PCI Core I/O Adapter
10/0/14/1/1 tty Built-in RS-232C
10/0/14/1/2 tty Built-in RS-232C
10/0/14/1/3 ext_bus Built-in Parallel Interface
10/0/14/2 usb Built-in USB Interface
10/0/14/2.1 usbhub USB Root Hub
10/0/14/2.1.2 usbhid USB HID Mouse(0)
10/0/14/2.1.3 usbhid USB HID Kbd(1)
10/0/15/0 ext_bus SCSI C895 Ultra2 Wide LVD
10/0/15/0.5 target
10/0/15/0.5.0 disk SEAGATE SX150176LC
10/0/15/0.6 target
10/0/15/0.6.0 disk SEAGATE SX150176LC
10/0/15/0.7 target
10/0/15/0.7.0 ctl Initiator
10/1 ba Local PCI Bus Adapter (782)
10/1/0/0 graphics PCI(103c108b) -- Built-in #5
10/1/1/0 graphics PCI Display (103c1008)
32 processor Processor (400Mhz PA 8500)
49 memory Memory (768MB, just upgraded)

Marco/Sat