Bootstrapping on a 712/60

Vu · n00b Joined: 03 Jan 2004 Posts: 57

Does anyone know how long it takes (or can give an estimate) to bootstrap on an ancient machine such as this?
It's got 128MB RAM and runs at a whopping 60MHz.

Vu.
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Vu · n00b Joined: 03 Jan 2004 Posts: 57

dang. just segfaulted again.
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squawker · Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 11:03 am Post subject:

Vu,

712/60 should definitely work so maybe its a problem with bad memory.

Could be worth upgrading the firmware if you haven't got the latest:

Readme: http://ftp.parisc-linux.org/kernels/712/PF_C7120023.txt
Firmware: http://ftp.parisc-linux.org/kernels/712/PF_C7120023

-Andy

Vu · n00b Joined: 03 Jan 2004 Posts: 57

Hi Squawker.
The 712 is up and running now from a stage 3 tarball, although it's painfully slow. I haven't touched it since it finished though as Uni has started again.

btw the memory I'm using was pulled out of a C110, but I don't think there are incompatability probs, and I have no idea what firmware is running atm.

Vu.
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squawker · Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 11:49 am Post subject:

Hi there Vu,

You stripped a C110 to build up a 712/60? Well, I suppose the desktop footprint weighs heavily in the 712's favour, but the C110 is way faster (120MHz and a much bigger cache). Lack of builtin graphics is a minus with the C110 I guess.

On the OpenPA website the 712's are listed as using "old style" 72pin ECC SIMMS whilst the C110 uses "new style". Its not clear from the website whether they're supposed to be compatible. I once sent some "new style" SIMMS to a guy with a 715 and he couldn't use them. I also tried to put some in a 725/100 - that didn't work either.

But as long as the 712 is up and running now then there doesn't seem to be a problem. Might turn up again if you stress the memory with some heavy compilation though - 'emerge xfree86' comes to mind :wink:

-Andy

Vu · n00b Joined: 03 Jan 2004 Posts: 57

Squawker,
The C110 wasn't working anyway, won't power up, won't post, although the power supply seems ok. It still has half it's banks filled with RAM. I'll end up chucking it if nobody wants a dead C110. It also has a graphics card (GSC bus). btw this is the first machine I've seen with an EISA bus. I would have wanted to have a bit of fun with this machine if it worked.

The memory seems ok, I forgot what the part number is, but I think it will be fine. I haven't touch the machine for a while though since Uni has started again. Besides I just got a hold of an old Ultra1 to play with at some point

I don't think I have enough disk space to compile xfree, but when I have some time, I think I'll have to give it a shot. might take a few months...
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