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#1 (**permalink**) 02-15-2008, 04:26 PM

Hi all!

I'm stuck with a rather stupid case:

Someone in my company sold a hp dl360 G4 to be used with OpenServer. When I
check the HCL lists on Sco, I cannot find any certifications on any versions
for this machine.

My questions are:

- Is it possible at all to install OpenServer on this machine?
- If yes: Do you have any advice/suggestions on this matter?

I have done a few installations of OpenServer, but this has all been plain
and easy ones, where everything
was as planned. My guess is that there might be a method of loading 3party
drivers at installation time if
the install program doesn't recognize the hardware. Any suggestions will be
appreciated.

Regards

#2 (**permalink**) 02-15-2008, 04:26 PM

Erling Kopperdal wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I'm stuck with a rather stupid case:
>
> Someone in my company sold a hp dl360 G4 to be used with OpenServer. When I
> check the HCL lists on Sco, I cannot find any certifications on any versions
> for this machine.

Not unusual IME. It doesn't help that the CHWP lists post-merger HP
Proliants under "Compaq" not "HP".

> My questions are:
>
> - Is it possible at all to install OpenServer on this machine?

I've installed OSR5 on various HP Proliant models without any great
difficulty. I'd be optimistic.

> - If yes: Do you have any advice/suggestions on this matter?

Download the latest EFS for OpenServer from HP's website, read the
readme :-)

> I have done a few installations of OpenServer, but this has all been plain
> and easy ones, where everything
> was as planned. My guess is that there might be a method of loading 3party
> drivers at installation time if
> the install program doesn't recognize the hardware. Any suggestions will be
> appreciated.

AFAIK G4 is newish so, prior to starting the install, I'd be careful to
identify the components (SCSI, NIC & Graphics chipsets,
Parallel/Serial/USB ports) and their settings (SCSI IDs, IRQs etc). You
may have better luck checking the HCL (i.e. CHWP in SCO-speak) &
newsgroups for *component* compatibility.

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