9600 - N 8 1, serial --- Quick notes. Console Keyboards And Mice: http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk/hp_unix.html Mice: Prefers logitech, not microsoft. CDE -> can't resolve hostname -> use sam make sure your hostname is less than equal to 8 characters -- If the server came preconfigured with software then you still have to configure it prior it to booting to CDE. * Connect to the management console after unpacking using the funky arp method * On a separate computer: % vi /etc/hosts # add the entry for the machine (hpux) % /sbin/arpm -s hpux MAC # The MAC address is on the front pullout card of the server % telnet hpux * Get it into console mode: co * You would get a "Welcome to HPUX" that allow you to configure timezones, root password and the network configuration for any of the interfaces ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Perl CPAN Woes cpan> install Net::DNS cp lib/Net/DNS/Resolver/Base.pm blib/lib/Net/DNS/Resolver/Base.pm /opt/perl/bin/perl /opt/perl/lib/5.8.0/ExtUtils/xsubpp -typemap /opt/perl/lib/5.8.0/ExtUtils/typemap DNS.xs > DNS.xsc && mv DNS.xsc DNS.c gcc -c -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=199506L -D_REENTRANT -D_HPUX_SOURCE -fPIC -mpa-risc-1-1 -fno-strict-aliasing -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O -DVERSION=\"0.48\" -DXS_VERSION=\"0.48\" -fPIC "-I/opt/perl/lib/5.8.0/PA-RISC1.1-thread-multi/CORE" DNS.c In file included from /opt/perl/lib/5.8.0/PA-RISC1.1-thread-multi/CORE/perl.h:681, from DNS.xs:20: /usr/include/sys/socket.h:484: error: parse error before "sendfile" /usr/include/sys/socket.h:484: error: parse error before "bsize_t" To fix this: In the Makefile: CCCDLFLAGS = -fPIC -D_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED=1 (-D_XOPEN... definition does the trick) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PHSS_30968 - ld linker patch highly suggested ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Installing Software: SSH for HPUX 11.11 is available from: http://www.software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=T1471AA GNU Package Repository: http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/alpha.html Installing a Depot: % swinstall -s /tmp/file.depot Will drop you into a GUI ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Allocating More Hard Drive Space: Use SAM - telnetting into the management port is the best way to do this: % su # sam * Choose Disks and File Systems * View | Logical Volumes * Actions | Increase Size ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Miscellanious Fun: % getconf KERNEL_BITS 64 % getconf HW_CPU_SUPP_BITS 64 Tells you how many bits in your kernel and what's supported respectively, the second could have said 64/32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Web Resources: Lots of help at: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/hp/hpux-faq/ Software Available at (hpux equiv of sunfreeware): http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/