Hp-ux ?

wingnut · 19th September 2002, 3:49 PM

I have been given an old server that runs HP-UX does anyone know anything about this OS? or if its posible to install something more mainstream. this is a server runing a 64mhz RISK processor. only just got it and want to start to play :-)

ToranaGuy · 19th September 2002, 5:56 PM

Bloddy hell!!! That thing is way old! Like the Hp-UX gear that i use @ work.

I would check out maybe Debian or Red Hat linux's Hardware compat list's, and see if they can be run on your old Hp server.

Then you could play with something more modern!

Cheers

ToranaGuy

PS: How much RAM does the boxen have?? I'm curious...

wingnut · 19th September 2002, 7:00 PM

not sure abbout ram at the moment will find out on friday and let u know
got loads of room in case tho, recken me or the apprentice could fit in :-)

ToranaGuy · 20th September 2002, 12:47 AM

They are huge bastard's arn't they!!!

If it has at least 64mb of ram ,which it probably has a good chance of having, as it's a server, it would be sweat for a light load linux server. I wonder if you could run smoothwall on it?? lol it would make a really differanct router/firewall boxen wouldn't it??

Cheers

ToranaGuy

wingnut · 20th September 2002, 12:58 PM

not sure how much ram its got. just opened it up and it has 4 LARGE double sided ram cards in it not sure of quantity tho :-)
Box is HUGE tho 600 wide 1100 high and 910 deep :-)

ToranaGuy · 20th September 2002, 4:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by The Mirror
haha dude, if you ever get bored with it, i'd LOVE to take it off your hands Seriously, old skool unix servers big enough to use as a tree house are pretty much geek nirvana. Set it up as a router/firewall, leave it in the corner of the room and act all quiet and mysterious whenever anyone asks you what it does

I love that post man!!!

Just what i was thinking!

Cheers

ToranaGuy

Quadbox · 20th September 2002, 4:55 PM

/me raises his hand for any other spare unix beasts around

I'd love an old HP-RISC, Sparc(64) or Alpha box. It would make my decade

EDIT - The arch's supported by debian: Alpha, Arm, HPPS, i386, IA64, m86k, Mips, PPC, S390, Sparc. Is HPPS the hp-risc arch? Mips is SGI, Sparc is SUN, Alpha is Compaq, and ppc/m86k are apple, but I'm not sure of Arm, HPPS or s390.

EDIT - Come to think of it, isn't ARM Motorolla's risc chip?

ToranaGuy · 21st September 2002, 2:24 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by The Mirror
I would've hidden my duron box behind the desk and sat the sparcy on my desktop to look l33t whenever anyone dropped by

TG: great minds...

That woulda been cool man!

Yep great mind's

Cheers

ToranaGuy

kayjay_wt · 24th September 2002, 12:47 AM

Hi,
HP9000 Unix systems contain HP's PA-RISC CPU's in them.
You can find out about the port of Linux to these machines at
http://www.parisc-linux.org

Now, that being said, there is very few machines that will be fully functional with the Linux operating system due to the fact that older 9000's have HP propietary Busses such as HP-PB and HSC, which there isnt too much information on (from memory).

Depending on the machine you have will depend on what Versionof HP-UX you can run on them.. some of the older machines wont run anything Higher than HPUX 10.20 which is now obsolete, although, it will run ok.

HPUX is a great operating system, and personally, even if the machine did fully run linux, i wouldnt use it.. ever.

Post me the Model number from the front and/or the product number and i'll dig up some information on what you can run on it, and the like...

cheers,

kayjay
http://www.wiretapped.net/~kj

wingnut · 27th September 2002, 9:59 PM

Its a model E35
any info would be great :-)
it was used by an insurance agency for a database i believe

Geo · 27th September 2002, 10:47 PM

NetBSD has a port for it:

http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/hp300/

19th September 2002, 3:49 PM	#1
wingnut Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Sydney (Minto) Posts: 216	Hp-ux ? I have been given an old server that runs HP-UX does anyone know anything about this OS? or if its posible to install something more mainstream. this is a server runing a 64mhz RISK processor. only just got it and want to start to play :-)

19th September 2002, 5:56 PM	#2
ToranaGuy Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: In the Shed Posts: 4,378	Bloddy hell!!! That thing is way old! Like the Hp-UX gear that i use @ work. I would check out maybe Debian or Red Hat linux's Hardware compat list's, and see if they can be run on your old Hp server. Then you could play with something more modern! Cheers ToranaGuy PS: How much RAM does the boxen have?? I'm curious... __________________ \| Time for a Sig Update - old one was very old! \|Still folding on, now a 9,000ppw member!\| Currently on ADSL 2+, 5mbit/900kbit speed. Thanks TPG ADSL @+ \| There's no replacement for displacement, but you can always compliment it with BOOST! \|

20th September 2002, 12:47 AM	#4
ToranaGuy Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: In the Shed Posts: 4,378	They are huge bastard's arn't they!!! If it has at least 64mb of ram ,which it probably has a good chance of having, as it's a server, it would be sweat for a light load linux server. I wonder if you could run smoothwall on it?? lol it would make a really differanct router/firewall boxen wouldn't it?? Cheers ToranaGuy __________________ \| Time for a Sig Update - old one was very old! \|Still folding on, now a 9,000ppw member!\| Currently on ADSL 2+, 5mbit/900kbit speed. Thanks TPG ADSL @+ \| There's no replacement for displacement, but you can always compliment it with BOOST! \|

20th September 2002, 4:55 PM	#7
Quadbox Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Brisbane 4065 Posts: 5,090	/me raises his hand for any other spare unix beasts around I'd love an old HP-RISC, Sparc(64) or Alpha box. It would make my decade EDIT - The arch's supported by debian: Alpha, Arm, HPPS, i386, IA64, m86k, Mips, PPC, S390, Sparc. Is HPPS the hp-risc arch? Mips is SGI, Sparc is SUN, Alpha is Compaq, and ppc/m86k are apple, but I'm not sure of Arm, HPPS or s390. EDIT - Come to think of it, isn't ARM Motorolla's risc chip? Last edited by Quadbox; 20th September 2002 at 4:59 PM.

24th September 2002, 12:47 AM	#9
kayjay_wt Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 13	HP-UX Hi, HP9000 Unix systems contain HP's PA-RISC CPU's in them. You can find out about the port of Linux to these machines at http://www.parisc-linux.org Now, that being said, there is very few machines that will be fully functional with the Linux operating system due to the fact that older 9000's have HP propietary Busses such as HP-PB and HSC, which there isnt too much information on (from memory). Depending on the machine you have will depend on what Versionof HP-UX you can run on them.. some of the older machines wont run anything Higher than HPUX 10.20 which is now obsolete, although, it will run ok. HPUX is a great operating system, and personally, even if the machine did fully run linux, i wouldnt use it.. ever. Post me the Model number from the front and/or the product number and i'll dig up some information on what you can run on it, and the like... cheers, kayjay http://www.wiretapped.net/~kj

19th September 2002, 7:00 PM	#3
wingnut Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Sydney (Minto) Posts: 216	not sure abbout ram at the moment will find out on friday and let u know got loads of room in case tho, recken me or the apprentice could fit in :-)

20th September 2002, 12:58 PM	#5
wingnut Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Sydney (Minto) Posts: 216	not sure how much ram its got. just opened it up and it has 4 LARGE double sided ram cards in it not sure of quantity tho :-) Box is HUGE tho 600 wide 1100 high and 910 deep :-)

27th September 2002, 9:59 PM	#10
wingnut Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Sydney (Minto) Posts: 216	Its a model E35 any info would be great :-) it was used by an insurance agency for a database i believe

27th September 2002, 10:47 PM	#11
Geo Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Adelaide Posts: 2,377	NetBSD has a port for it: http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/hp300/ __________________ "That's the way good software gets designed. So if you pull out a piece it won't run" - Steve Ballmer