On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Paul Richards wrote:

> a HP Apollo 400 series machine, I'm fairly sure the model is a 424e.  

> So I write this to the disk with makedisk and boot, choose the boot option
> reflecting this disk and all I get is a blank screen.  Does this mean the
> video card isn't supported?  Did I screw up royally somewhere?  Is there
> any way to boot this thing off the network, instead?  I can't seem to find
> any net boot option on the machine.

One thing to keep in mind.  If it's a pizza box, about 3" high, 8 leds 
one the right side of the front, beside the power switch, It's EXACTLY 
what I have in front of me, and is, in fact, a HP9000/425e.

This thing will not run NetBSD.  What is missing is support for the viedo 
driver.  There have been several offers to write the support for this 
driver, but I have yet to see any results.  The latest offer came from 
Brett Davis, a member of the Iowa Student Computer Assocation.  If I 
remember correctly, he offered to write the support, if someone could 
provide him with the information that is needed.  This could possible be 
had from HP.  Mail bwdavis@lust.isca.uiowa.edu for more information on this.

Net booting the thing is not a problem.  The netboot easier than a Sun, 
and install almost as easy as booting.  Without the video support, you're 
basically hosed, though.

Hope some of this helps.

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Sean Figgins
Escalation Engineer
C-Com/Phoenix Data Net