On 2025-03-24 4:07 p.m., Christian Groessler wrote: > On 3/23/25 23:28, John David Anglin wrote: >> Hi Christian, >> >> On 2025-03-23 5:48 p.m., Christian Groessler wrote: >>> ello Dave, >>> >>> On 3/23/25 18:16, John David Anglin wrote: >>>> Maybe try adding "earlycon=pdc" to kernel command line. I would of >>>> thought it would be >>>> default. >>> >>> Makes no difference. Neither "earlycon=pdc" nor "earlycon=ttyS0" show >>> additional output on the serial connection or the montor. >> If old installer works, I would use it and then update system with >> apt/apt-get. >> >> It looks to me like your installed kernel crashes shortly after transfer to >> start kernel. >> >> Debian kernels work okay on c3700/c3750. >> >> Latest installer hasn't had much testing. > > > I can try (again). Something didn't work back then therefore I haven't > installed Linux on the box. I think it had problems to detect the hard > disk. But I'll check again.
Linux can detect SCSI, ATA (IDE), USB and NVME drives but only SCSI and ATA (master) drives can be used as boot devices. HP-UX only supports SCSI and ATA drives. > How would I build my own version of the installer CD? I could use latest (or > whichever) kernel. If you have access to to a CD/DVD burner, just download the installer iso and burn it. Then, use CD drive in c3700 to boot. Dave -- John David Anglin [email protected]

