Practical use for HP9000 E25

[Matthew Piechotta]

I have an HP9000 E25 just stiing around gathering dust. The machine has
*only* 32MB RAM and 2GB disk. Would anyoone happen to know if there any
versions of Linux or other OSes which run on this machine?

I don't want to spend any money on upgrades to run HP-UX 11i (unless someone
has some RAM and any 50 pin SCSI drives they'd let go REAL CHEAP lol...),
but I hesitate to dispose of the machine.

Thanks all.

Matt

[CBee]

Matthew Piechotta wrote: I have an HP9000 E25 just stiing around gathering dust. The machine has *only* 32MB RAM and 2GB disk. Would anyoone happen to know if there any versions of Linux or other OSes which run on this machine?

There is linux, also for pa-risc hardware. Use the Debian website for a
startpoint: http://www.debian.org/ports/hppa/ , The core is at
http://parisc-linux.org/ .

I don't want to spend any money on upgrades to run HP-UX 11i (unless someone has some RAM and any 50 pin SCSI drives they'd let go REAL CHEAP lol...), but I hesitate to dispose of the machine.

btw: do the disks still spin?



CBee

[Joe Noone]

Just google on "pa-risc" and "linux". You'll get sites like this :

http://www.parisc-linux.org/
http://www.debian.org/ports/hppa/

and much more.

"Matthew Piechotta" <mpiechotta@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:<oY6cc.28306$Ig.12440@pd7tw2no>... I have an HP9000 E25 just stiing around gathering dust. The machine has *only* 32MB RAM and 2GB disk. Would anyoone happen to know if there any versions of Linux or other OSes which run on this machine? I don't want to spend any money on upgrades to run HP-UX 11i (unless someone has some RAM and any 50 pin SCSI drives they'd let go REAL CHEAP lol...), but I hesitate to dispose of the machine. Thanks all. Matt

[Benjamin Gawert]

Matthew Piechotta wrote:
I have an HP9000 E25 just stiing around gathering dust. The machine has *only* 32MB RAM and 2GB disk. Would anyoone happen to know if there any versions of Linux or other OSes which run on this machine? I don't want to spend any money on upgrades to run HP-UX 11i (unless someone has some RAM and any 50 pin SCSI drives they'd let go REAL CHEAP lol...), but I hesitate to dispose of the machine.

Why not run an older HP-UX (i.e. 10.20) on this machine? It will still do
fine as a mail-/newsserver, ntp-Server and even as a webserver for light
traffic...

Benjamin, with E35 standing around

[Paul Sure]

Most practical use, try to sell it to someone who wants it. It is a nice
system for someone who wants to get familiar with hpux and does not have
access to a company system.

Yes you can install linux but you probably also have a spare pentium 2
system that will be faster and consume less power.

My advise give the system away to a wannaby hpux administrator or trash it
to prevent it to waiste more of your time. Except of generating heat and
noise there is nothing it can do in a business environment.

Paul

[Gereon Wenzel]

Matthew Piechotta schrieb: I have an HP9000 E25 just stiing around gathering dust. The machine has *only* 32MB RAM and 2GB disk. Would anyoone happen to know if there any versions of Linux or other OSes which run on this machine?

I don't think LINUX is a good Idea on an E-class?
From parisclinux.org:
"Support for the E class is being pursued. Similar to K class in some
ways,
it requires the Mux driver for console and does not yet
have SCSI or Centronics support. Network support is the same as 712.
GSC add-in cards should work, HP-PB cards will not yet."
Go for HP-UX 10.20 instead, it will work fine on an e-class.
I don't want to spend any money on upgrades to run HP-UX 11i (unless someone has some RAM and any 50 pin SCSI drives they'd let go REAL CHEAP lol...), but I hesitate to dispose of the machine.

Keep your eyes open for a little more memory.
Allmost any SCSI drive will work fine on the external port.
(easier to use if you don't have mounting material for the inside
drives.)
I could provide a spare E35 cpu, but shipping from Europe...

Gereon Wenzel
running a F30 myself.

[Benjamin Gawert]

Gereon Wenzel wrote:
Keep your eyes open for a little more memory. Allmost any SCSI drive will work fine on the external port. (easier to use if you don't have mounting material for the inside drives.)

Which mounting material? My E-Class only required 4 srews to keep the HD in
it's place. There are no rails or sleds or any such thing...

Benjamin