HP9000/K370 (HP898)

From: Andy Raffle (andy_at_digitalspecies.com)
Date: 01/03/04 

Date: 2 Jan 2004 19:58:47 -0800

I have just acquired some K-Class HP9000 servers, all pretty much
kitted out to the max. Being more familiar with BSD (mainly FreeBSD)
than HP-UX, I wanted to replace what's already installed with a fresh
NetBSD installation.

However, it looks like the only useful port is HP700, which isn't
quite there yet. At least the web page describes it as a work in
progress, and makes no claim to even support the K370/898 machine.

Has anybody else been able to successfully install NetBSD on an
800-series HP 9000, and if so, do you think (being honest and
impartial!) that replacing the existing HP-UX OS is justified?

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