Hi, Yesterday I installed Debian on a B132L+ using the 0.9 release ISOs from www.parisc-linux.org. It installed OK but I've found it to be a bit touchy in a couple of ways.
Firstly, editing files (eg /etc/apt/sources.list) with the vi installed by the base system (nvi?) seems to cause the kernel to panic without fail. Replacing it with vim resolves that. (Actually, I think I've seen this before on a different platform; maybe m68k.) I've also found that 'ps aux' seems to make the kernel panic too. Unfortunately I just did that and killed the box, which is at my work and now dead for the whole weekend. I'm using the kernel that was installed by the installation process. I couldn't see any kernel-image packages for hppa in the archive.. should I build a new kernel from source? The B132L+ (133MHz, 192Mb RAM, 10Gb disk) seems quite fast and pleasant to work on. I haven't tried X yet though. I've been using the STI kernel and working at the console. thanks, Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
