[PLUG] HP 9000 712/xx

[Russ Johnson]

* Olds, Aaron M <Olds.Aaron at emeryworld.com> [2002-11-27 13:34]:
> I have an HP 9000 712/60 machine that does not have a CD-ROM drive
> or a floppy drive.  I would like to install Debian Woody but can't
> without a floppy or cdrom.  I can't seem to find any information on
> the web that states whether this machine can take a PC style floppy
> drive.  Does anyone know?  Moreover, it has an external SCSI II port
> on the back but I have read that it only accepts a minimal set of
> external cdrom drives do to buffer size differences.  Is there another 
> method that I could use to get Linux on this thing such as somehow 
> remotely install the distro?  Doesn't seem possible without a floppy
> drive at least.  I know it is an old machine but I just want to put 
> it to good use :)

I have some old HP9000's in my lab that take a regular, external, SCSI cdrom. I think it's a standard Toshiba drive, and the housing is pretty generic. 

I run HP-UX on these boxes, but I've reinstalled with that external CDROM several times, without error. 

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