> To the question if NetBSD will run on it: I don't know. There may be
> some architectural differences from the 700 to the 800 line. I know for
> sure that NetBSD does not run on the early 800 PA 1.0 based machines.

rp5400(L1000) is latest or near model.
http://www.hp.com/products1/servers/rackoptimized/rp5400series/

> The Question is also: What machine do you have? I never heared
> "L1000-44" or "rp5400". I know machine types like "HP9000 817" or
> "HP9000 800 E55". Maybe you should check http://www.openpa.net/

model(1) says "9000/800/L2000-44" on L2000.